Stanley Kubrick	...	(Réalisateur)
Stanley Kubrick, Jim Thompson	...	(Scénariste)
Sterling Hayden	...	Johnny Clay
Vince Edwards	...	Val Cannon
Elisha Cook Jr.	...	George Peatty
Timothy Carey	...	Nikki Arcane
Coleen Gray	...	Fay
Jay C. Flippen	...	Marvin Unger
Ted de Corsia	...	Policeman Randy Kennan
Marie Windsor	...	Sherry Peatty
Joe Sawyer	...	Mike O'Reilly
James Edwards	...	Track Parking Attendant
Kola Kwariani	...	Maurice Oboukhoff
Jay Adler	...	Leo the Loanshark
Tito Vuolo	...	Joe Piano
Dorothy Adams	...	Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly
Herbert Ellis	...	2nd American Airlines Clerk

Résumé: After getting out of prison, Johnny Clay masterminds a complex race-track heist, but his scheme is complicated by the intervention of the wife of a teller (George Peatty) in on the scheme, the boyfriend of the wife, airport regulations, and a small dog.