"Suspense as startling as a strangled scream!"

1956

1h 40m

6.9(132 votes)

Thriller

Drama

Overview

Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

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Cast & Crew

37 members

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Dana Andrews

Edward Mobley

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Rhonda Fleming

Dorothy Kyne

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George Sanders

Mark Loving

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Howard Duff

Lt. Burt Kaufman

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Thomas Mitchell

John Day Griffith

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Vincent Price

Walter Kyne

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Sally Forrest

Nancy Liggett

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John Drew Barrymore

Robert Manners

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James Craig

"Honest" Harry Kritzer

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Ida Lupino

Mildred Donner

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Robert Warwick

Amos Kyne

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Mae Marsh

Mrs. Manners

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Ralph Peters

Gerald Meade

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Sandy White

Judith Felton

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Larry J. Blake

Tim

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Celia Lovsky

Miss Dodd

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Ed Hinton

Mike O'Leary

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Pitt Herbert

Carlo

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Vladimir Sokoloff

George "Pop" Pilski

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Eddie Baker

Newspaper Worker (uncredited)

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Ralph Brooks

Waiter (uncredited)

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Leonard Carey

Walter's Butler (uncredited)

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Russell Custer

Police Officer (uncredited)

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John Damler

Police Detective (uncredited)

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Sayre Dearing

Photographer (uncredited)

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George DeNormand

Police Squad Car Driver (uncredited)

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Joe Devlin

Newspaper Teletype Operator (uncredited)

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Sam Finn

Newspaper Worker (uncredited)

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Mike Lally

Bartender in Biscayne's Cocktail Bar (uncredited)

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Ralph Manza

Newsroom Man (uncredited)

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Mickey Martin

Bellhop (uncredited)

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Joey Ray

Newspaper Worker (uncredited)

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Cosmo Sardo

Headwaiter (uncredited)

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Charles Sherlock

Detective (uncredited)

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Olan Soule

Crime Scene Investigator (uncredited)

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Bert Stevens

Newsman (uncredited)

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Carleton Young

Police Interrogator (uncredited)

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