Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
| Directing | Robert Siodmak | Director |
| Writing | Anthony Veiller | Screenplay |
| Sound | Miklós Rózsa | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Arthur Hilton | Editor |
| Production | Mark Hellinger | Producer |
| Writing | Ernest Hemingway | Novel |
| Camera | Elwood Bredell | Director of Photography |
| Art | Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Crew | John Huston | Additional Writing |
| Art | Jack Otterson | Art Direction |
| Crew | Richard Brooks | Additional Writing |
| Art | Martin Obzina | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera West | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Pierce | Makeup Department Head |
| Crew | Jules Buck | Production Office Assistant |
| Sound | Bernard B. Brown | Sound Director |
| Sound | William Hedgcock | Sound |
| Sound | Eugene Zador | Orchestrator |
| Crew | Mark Hellinger | Other |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carmen Dirigo | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Melville Shyer | Assistant Director |
| Crew | David S. Horsley | Special Effects |
| Crew | Gil Perkins | Stunts |
| Art | Edward R. Robinson | Set Decoration |
| Writing | John Huston | Writer |
| Writing | Richard Brooks | Writer |
