"The kind that don't die in bed!"
A con woman and a lawyer get a carnival grifter to pose as an elderly rich couple's long-lost son.
Social & External
The people behind it
Edmond O'Brien
Michael "Lefty" Farrell
Lizabeth Scott
Brandy Kirby
Terry Moore
Kathy McIntyre
Alexander Knox
Vincent Mailer
Griff Barnett
William McIntyre
Robert Anderson
Todd
Virginia Brissac
Maida McIntyre
Emory Parnell
First Deputy (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
Kathryn Card
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