Handlung
An einem Heiligabend rauben Nick Bianco und drei Komplizen ein Juweliergeschäft im obersten Stockwerk eines New Yorker Wolkenkratzers aus. Doch bevor die Männer das Haus verlassen können, hat der Geschäftsinhaber Alarm ausgelöst. Nick wird gefasst und verhaftet. Der Staatsanwalt D'Angelo versucht Nick dazu zu bewegen, die Namen seiner Komplizen zu verraten. Nick hat Frau und zwei Töchter, ihm soll als Gegenleistung eine Hafterleichterung erteilt werden. Nick verweigert das, weil er sicher ist, dass sich sein Rechtsanwalt Howser und seine Komplizen um seine Familie kümmern werden. Er wird zu 25 Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt. Nach drei Jahren in Sing Sing erfährt Nick, dass seine Frau Selbstmord begangen hat und seine Töchter in ein Waisenhaus gebracht wurden. Nettie Cavallo, eine Art Tagesmutter für die Kinder, besucht Nick und teilt ihm mit, dass einer seiner Komplizen, Pete Rizzo, seine Frau angegriffen habe.
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Besetzung
Victor Mature
Nick Bianco
Brian Donlevy
Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
Coleen Gray
Nettie Cavallo
Richard Widmark
Tommy Udo
Taylor Holmes
Earl Howser
Howard Smith
Warden
Karl Malden
Sgt. William Cullen
Anthony Ross
'Big Ed' Williams (uncredited)
Robert Adler
Detective (uncredited)
Rollin Bauer
Sing Sing Guard (uncredited)
Harry Bellaver
Bull Weed (uncredited)
Dennis Bohan
Guard (uncredited)
Nina Borget
Cashier (uncredited)
Susan Cabot
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Alexander Campbell
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Harry Carter
Detective (uncredited)
Dort Clark
Man in Car (uncredited)
Eva Condon
Nun at Orphanage (uncredited)
Harry Cooke
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Harold Crane
Mr. Moremann (uncredited)
James Doody
Sing Sing Guard (uncredited)
Mildred Dunnock
Mrs. Rizzo (uncredited)
Arthur Foran Jr.
Sing Sing Guard (uncredited)
David Fresco
Waiter (uncredited)
Harold Gary
Doorman (uncredited)
Don Giovanni
Tommy's Henchman (uncredited)
Marilee Grassini
Rosaria (uncredited)
James Charles J.C. Heard
Jazz Drummer (uncredited)
Eda Heinemann
Mrs. Keller (uncredited)
Lou Herbert
Policeman (uncredited)
Herbert Holcombe
City Jail Guard (uncredited)
Arthur Holland
Policeman (uncredited)
Harry Kadison
Policeman (uncredited)
Robert Karnes
Tommy's Henchman (uncredited)
Ronald King
Larry Young (uncredited)
Arthur Kramer
Mr. Sulla (uncredited)
John Kullers
Prisoner (uncredited)
Harry Landers
Convict (uncredited)
Perc Launders
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Franklyn Lenthall
Man (uncredited)
Paul Lilly
City Jail Guard (uncredited)
Pat Malone
Policeman (uncredited)
Iris Mann
Congetta (uncredited)
John Marley
Convict (uncredited)
Gregg Martell
Guard (uncredited)
Charles McClelland
Detective (uncredited)
Norman McKay
Capt. Dolan (uncredited)
Richard Midgley
Guard (uncredited)
Carl Milletaire
Customer (uncredited)
Millard Mitchell
Detective (uncredited)
Mary Morrison
Mother Superior (uncredited)
Consuela O'Connor
Girl (uncredited)
Gloria O'Connor
Girl (uncredited)
William O'Leary
Policeman (uncredited)
Wendell K. Phillips
Tony 'Pep' Mangone (uncredited)
Yvonne Rob
Customer (uncredited)
Stephen Roberts
Guard (uncredited)
Mel Ruick
Moremann's Assistant (uncredited)
Jack Rutherford
Policeman (uncredited)
Lee Sanford
Chips Cooney (uncredited)
Bernard Sell
Policeman (uncredited)
George Shelton
Waiter (uncredited)
Irene Shirley
Nun (uncredited)
J. Scott Smart
(uncredited)
A. George Smith
Policeman (uncredited)
John Stearns
Harris (uncredited)
Richard Taber
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Victor Thorley
Sing Sing Guard (uncredited)
Lawrence Tiernan
Policeman (uncredited)
Tito Vuolo
Luigi (uncredited)
Milton Wallace
(uncredited)
Jesse White
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Bill Zuckert
Sing Sing Guard (uncredited)
Frank De Kova
Con Library (uncredited)