Overview
Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess... who, dying, tells revenge-minded Johnny that he'd written a clue "in the Bible." Frustrated, Johnny obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess's hotel room.
Director and cast
- Roy Del Ruth Director
- George Raft as Johnny Torno
- Virginia Mayo as Carla North
- Gene Lockhart as Warni Hazard
- Raymond Burr as Nick Cherney
- Harry Morgan as Rocky (as Henry Morgan)
- Barton MacLane as Detective Strecker
- Arthur Franz as Capt. Jess Torno (Chaplain
- Ken Murray Cast
- Stanley Clements Cast
- William Frawley Cast
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