Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.
| Directing | Gordon Douglas | Director |
| Writing | Harry Brown | Screenplay |
| Writing | Horace McCoy | Novel |
| Production | William Cagney | Producer |
| Camera | J. Peverell Marley | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Truman K. Wood | Editor |
| Editing | Walter Hannemann | Editor |
| Sound | Carmen Dragon | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Wiard B. Ihnen | Production Design |
| Sound | William H. Lynch | Sound |
| Art | Joe Kish | Set Decoration |
| Directing | William Kissell | Assistant Director |
