Otto Preminger Director, Producer Frank Sinatra Frankie Machine Actor Eleanor Parker Zosch Machine Actor Kim Novak Molly Actor Arnold Stang Sparrow Actor Darren McGavin Louie Actor Robert Strauss Schwiefka Actor George Mathews Williams Actor John Conte Drunky Actor Doro Merande Vi Actor George E. Stone Sam Markette Actor Emile Meyer Detective Bednar Actor Shorty Rogers Self Shelly Manne Self Leonid Kinskey Dominiwski Actor Frank Richards Blind Barfly (uncredited) Actor Ralph Neff Chester (uncredited) Actor Ernest Raboff Bird-Dog (uncredited) Actor Martha Wentworth Vangie (uncredited) Actor Jered Barclay Junkie in Lock-up (uncredited) Actor Leonard Bremen Taxi Driver in Lock-up (uncredited) Actor Paul E. Burns Suspenders (uncredited) Actor Charles Seel Proprietor (uncredited) Actor Will Wright Harry Lane (uncredited) Actor Harold "Tommy" Hart Police Officer Kvorka (uncredited) Actor Frank Marlowe Antek (uncredited) Actor Joe McTurk Meter Reader (uncredited) Actor Nelson Algren Writer Walter Newman Writer Lewis Meltzer Writer Ben Hecht Writer Elmer Bernstein Original Music Sam Leavitt Cinematographer Louis R. Loeffler Film Editing Joseph C. Wright Production Design Darrell Silvera Set Decoration Mary Ann Nyberg Costume Design