War hero Danny Haley fleeces out-of-town dupes in a rigged poker game. He and his pals see Arthur Winant as an easy mark, but they've reckoned without Winant's homicidal brother, who wants revenge after Arthur commits suicide.

• Paramount Pictures
• Hal Wallis Productions
• Charlton Heston
• Lizabeth Scott
• Viveca Lindfors
• Dean Jagger
• Don DeFore
• Jack Webb
• Ed Begley
• Harry Morgan