The Man Behind the Badge (1953) | Full Cast

John Peyser

DIRECTOR

Paul Landres

DIRECTOR

Gilbert Kay

DIRECTOR

Harold Daniels

DIRECTOR

Anton Leader

DIRECTOR

William Beaudine

DIRECTOR

Leigh Jason

DIRECTOR

Norman Rose

Narrator

Charles Bickford

Narrator

Joel Aldred

Announcer

Fred Uttal

Self - Announcer

Paul Brinegar

Brant

Lewis Charles

Cherokee Kid

Joe Helgeson

Price

Sam Flint

Bank Manager

Lillian Powell

Mrs. Chase

Jerry Eskow

Vincent Wells

Kay Stewart

Betty

Christine White

ACTOR

Rusty Lane

ACTOR

Carl Frank

ACTOR

Frank Campanella

ACTOR

Mario Gallo

ACTOR

Matt Crowley

Samuel Thomas

Charles Rae King

ACTOR

Byron Foulger

Calloway

Tristram Coffin

Canton

Claude Akins

Frederick John 'Freddie' Webster

Richard H. Cutting

Frederick P. Schmid

Paul Dubov

Herby

John Harmon

George Ferguson

Stanley Andrews

Chief

Darlene Fields

Miss La Rue

Amzie Strickland

Betty

Clark Howat

Briefing Captain

George D. Wallace

Frank Reeds

Wendell Holmes

Lawrence Deshaw

Robert Bray

Fireman

James Flavin

Carroll

Hugh Sanders

Chief of Police Alvin R. Randall

John Gallaudet

Det. Bert Baldwin

Joan Camden

Elvy

Tom McKee

Inspector Ed Wheeler

James McCallion

Andy

William Boyett

Miller

Tyler McVey

Captain Clark

Dan White

Caretaker

Harry Tyler

Sailor Jack

Dan Seymour

John Renick

Robert Foulk

Capt. Olvera

Robert Carson

Lt. Jacob Gomborow

Larry J. Blake

Merkel

Harlan Warde

FBI Agent Dexter

Vivi Janiss

Sarah Ferguson

George Eldredge

Gallup

Selmer Jackson

Druggist

Peter Brocco

August Paoli

William Fawcett

Old Man

James Stone

Dryden

Edmund Penney

Guard

Paul Newman

ACTOR

Bethel Leslie

ACTOR

Jack Klugman

ACTOR

James Gregory

Detective John Masterson

Dennis Patrick

ACTOR

Robert Emhardt

ACTOR

Joseph Walsh

ACTOR

Robert P. Lieb

The Chief

Paul Tripp

ACTOR

John McGovern

Sheriff Isbell

Dorothy Sands

Grace Spencer

Frank Ferguson

Harvey

Leslie Nielsen

ACTOR

Anthony Perkins

Pedro

Jason Robards

ACTOR

Harold J. Stone

ACTOR

Bill Zuckert

Sheriff Bryan Clemens

Jean Carson

ACTOR

Robert Middleton

Deputy Warden Lorenz C. Schmuhl

Joe Maross

Ham Hamlin

Bruce Gordon

Captain Jack Donahoe

Gage Clarke

The District Attorney

Frank Marth

ACTOR

Edgar Stehli

ACTOR

Stewart Bradley

ACTOR

Steve Gravers

ACTOR

Leslie Barrett

Lester Mapes

Herbert Nelson

Spencer Drayton

Tom Gorman

ACTOR

Ralph Dunn

Moore

Russell Hardie

John Finnegan

Boris Aplon

ACTOR

Blair Davies

ACTOR

Gordon B. Clarke

ACTOR

Richard Bishop

Colonel Hammond

Humphrey Davis

Fraser

Milo Boulton

ACTOR

James Bender

ACTOR

Truman Smith

ACTOR

Don Briggs

Harold

Eda Heinemann

ACTOR

Alan Stevenson

ACTOR

George McCoy

ACTOR

Katharine Raht

Customer

Leonard Barry

ACTOR

Ernest Parmentier

Andy

Haskell Coffin

ACTOR

Will Scholz

ACTOR

Barney Phillips

Detective Charles Wade

Sam Edwards

Freddie

Christopher Dark

Frank

Joseph Hamilton

Bill

Walter Reed

Linden

Ray Walker

Atwater

Charles Cane

Police Captain

Carlyle Mitchell

Dixon

Ruth Perrott

Mrs. Casey

Virginia Lee

June

Jeanette Nolan

Ruby Barrett

Willis Bouchey

Frank Ellis

Morris Ankrum

Floyd King

Emile Meyer

Deputy Charles Newsome

Rhys Williams

Johnson

Don Haggerty

Detective William J. Nelson

Barry Kelley

Det. Sgt. John Flavin

James Millican

Inspector Fred Barnes

Jess Barker

Capt. Osborn

Frank Jenks

Officer O'Mara

Ernestine Barrier

Warden Monahan

Karen Steele

Peggy

Strother Martin

Brother Daniel

Dabbs Greer

Detective Merrick

Leon Askin

Leon

Robert H. Harris

Dr. Lewis Lubeck

Aaron Spelling

Billy

Mary Beth Hughes

Rose Gilbert

Harry Shannon

Clyde

Linda Stirling

Nettie

Stephen Bekassy

George Lyons

Wally Brown

Sidney Weber

Joyce Holden

Claire Torrington

Donald Murphy

Conklin

Tracey Roberts

Lily Walling

Ellen Corby

Katherine LeRoy

Lyle Talbot

Walter Perry

Gregory Walcott

Tom Barker

Helen Kleeb

Deputy

George E. Stone

Blinky, City Undertaker

Gene Reynolds

Carl Wingate

Robert Osterloh

Roy Miller

Roy Engel

Petosky

Judy Nugent

Donna Eldred

Roy Barcroft

Captain Pulasky

Ian MacDonald

Slade

William 'Bill' Phillips

Chester

Jacqueline Duval

Marie Luzette

Don Megowan

Ludell

Vic Perrin

Saugus

Jan Merlin

Tom McKeller

Claire Carleton

Pearl Weber

Paul Bryar

Chief of Police

Philip Van Zandt

Undertaker Charlie Ridgely

Robert Griffin

Chief

Pepe Hern

Pedro

Yvonne Doughty

Miss Sampson

William Schallert

Mr. Lyons

Bill Baldwin

Natick

Maureen Cassidy

Betzy

William Hudson

Sgt. Bill Wiley

Charles Meredith

Police Chief

Walter Kingsford

Bartlett

Steve Pendleton

Officer Thompson

King Donovan

Niles

Dick Simmons

Major Hobart

Sidney Clute

Theater Manager

Eddy Waller

Andy

Jean Dean

Ruth

Ezelle Poule

Miss Mallory

Alice Reinheart

Mrs. Webster

Don Oreck

Al

Carl Milletaire

Harry - Bartender

Muriel Mansell

Florence

Richard Deacon

Reverend Edgefield

Fred Sherman

Doctor

Howard Culver

Carl - Lab Man

John Bryant

Pierce Torrington

Eva Ralf

Carla

Edit Angold

Mrs. Butler

Rayford Barnes

Hall Pully

Adrienne Marden

Ada

Joseph Mell

Sam Howell

John Halloran

Sheriff

Chester Marshall

Sailor

Frank J. Scannell

Barker

Lillian Buyeff

Mrs. Eldred

Lester Dorr

Bob Castle

David McMahon

Mr. Glenwood

Tom Daly

Manager

Mary Dean

Lucy

Thayer Roberts

Dr. Taylor

Paul Knight

Reporter

Gayne Whitman

Hayes

Alan Lee

Flophouse Manager

Howard Price

Jay Patterson

Dick McGowan

Boy

Burt Metcalfe

Air Policeman

Ronny Liss

Joplin

Jack Warden

ACTOR

Katharine Bard

ACTOR

Richard Carlyle

ACTOR

Scott McKay

Jack Tyler

Thomas Coley

ACTOR

Sid Raymond

ACTOR

Dortha Duckworth

ACTOR

Jerry Crews

ACTOR

Wendell K. Phillips

ACTOR

Ruth Enders

ACTOR

Alan Devitt

ACTOR

Ed Bond

ACTOR

Ruth Matteson

ACTOR

Gene Sultan

Johnny Isbell

Robert Fuller

ACTOR

Lynn Loring

The Daughter

Lawrence Tierney

ACTOR

Royal Dano

Robert Butzler

Frank Sutton

ACTOR

Murray Hamilton

ACTOR

Norma Crane

ACTOR

Douglas Fowley

ACTOR

Ray Danton

ACTOR

Alice Pearce

ACTOR

Constance Ford

Mary Rourke

Carmen Mathews

ACTOR

Harry Townes

Mandell Fogel

Vinton Hayworth

Tommy

Conrad Janis

ACTOR

Dickie Moore

ACTOR

Patricia Smith

ACTOR

Philip Abbott

ACTOR

George Mitchell

ACTOR

Mark Miller

ACTOR

Mason Adams

Conrad

June Dayton

ACTOR

Harry Lauter

ACTOR

Wesley Addy

ACTOR

Frances Reid

ACTOR

Dean Harens

ACTOR

Jan Miner

ACTOR

Addison Richards

ACTOR

Jim Boles

ACTOR

Nellie Burt

ACTOR

Richard Robbins

ACTOR

Harold Gary

ACTOR

Wynne Gibson

ACTOR

Joseph Bernard

ACTOR

Russell Hicks

The Principal

Joe Di Reda

ACTOR

Herbert Ellis

ACTOR

Virginia Gibson

ACTOR

James Nolan

ACTOR

Howard St. John

Detective John Palmer

Larry Haines

ACTOR

David Orrick McDearmon

ACTOR

Victor Rendina

ACTOR

Harry Davis

ACTOR

Sydney Smith

ACTOR

James Kelly

ACTOR

Joey Faye

ACTOR

Mimi Kelly

Miss Dennis

Ruth Manning

ACTOR

Mary Alice Moore

Ella

Arthur Storch

ACTOR

John Marriott

ACTOR

Philip Kenneally

ACTOR

Lisa Ferraday

ACTOR

Joe Downing

Knapp

William F. Leicester

ACTOR

Loretta Daye

ACTOR

Cameron Prud'Homme

ACTOR

Cliff Hall

ACTOR

Philip Truex

Averill

John Connell

Herb

John Gibson

Ordway

Gilbert Mack

ACTOR

Florence Sundstrom

Phyllis

Dorian Leigh Parker

ACTOR

Claudia Morgan

ACTOR

Paul Clarke

ACTOR

Barbara Glenn

ACTOR

Jock MacGregor

ACTOR

Archie Smith

ACTOR

William Lundmark

ACTOR

Martin Huston

ACTOR

Ralph Stantley

ACTOR

Thomas Nello

ACTOR

Billy M. Greene

ACTOR

Jan Leighton

ACTOR

Lawrence Fletcher

ACTOR

Jill Kraft

ACTOR

Joyce Gordon

ACTOR

Norman Shelly

ACTOR

Edwin Bruce

Chuck

Gloria Marlowe

Vera

Henrietta Moore

Stella

Harry Worth

ACTOR

Clement Fowler

ACTOR

William Thunhurst Jr.

Major Corning

Svea Grunfeld

ACTOR

Frank Dana

Bill

Karen Lenay

ACTOR

Pud Flanagan

Billy

John Buckwalter

ACTOR

Lee Papell

ACTOR

Paul Lilly

ACTOR

Lorna Lynn

Ruthie

Art Koulias

ACTOR

Richard Purdy

ACTOR

Sam Locante

ACTOR

James Mishler

ACTOR

Virginia Damon

ACTOR

Douglas Rutherford

Brad Benedict

Jack Arthur

ACTOR

Ruth Yorke

Mrs. Fogel

Richard Leone

Mike

Merle Albertson

ACTOR

Henry Girard

ACTOR

Billy Butterfield

Self - Jazz Trumpeter

Dorothy Donahue

Claire

Joe Draper

ACTOR

Coe Norton

ACTOR

Eugene Leonard

ACTOR

Patsy Campbell

ACTOR

Sidney Paul

ACTOR

John C. Beecher

ACTOR

Bernard Grant

ACTOR

Peter Ostroff

ACTOR

Dick Moore

ACTOR

Robert Jennings

ACTOR

John Pavelko

ACTOR

Eugenia Rawls

ACTOR

Orme Lewis

Self - Asst. Secretary of Department of the Interior

Ned H. Dearborn

Self - President of National Safety Council

Eugene Ruyman

ACTOR

Somar Alberg

ACTOR

Rocky Hamilton

ACTOR

Charles Penman

ACTOR

Bruce Marshall

ACTOR

Sarah Krohner

ACTOR

Sam LaConte

ACTOR

Tom Walsh

ACTOR

Joy Hathaway

ACTOR

Doris Davis

ACTOR

Harold McGee

ACTOR

Andy Sabilia

ACTOR

Dana Wyatt

ACTOR

Charles Bronson

Ralph

Jan Shepard

Helen

Lee Van Cleef

Floyd

Carolyn Jones

Louise

Gloria Talbott

Mary

John Dehner

Capt. Harold D. Smith

Elisha Cook Jr.

ACTOR

Denver Pyle

Detective Lashley

Nehemiah Persoff

ACTOR

Jeanne Cooper

ACTOR

Milburn Stone

Grady Norton

Ted Bessell

ACTOR

Nancy Gates

Flo

Jean Willes

Helen

Douglas Kennedy

Weston

Malcolm Atterbury

Kelley

John Doucette

Garrison

Roy Roberts

ACTOR

Laurie Mitchell

Betty

Parley Baer

Fallon

Michael Fox

Stranger

Ted de Corsia

Capt. Joseph Crescio

June Vincent

County Prosecutor Dorothy Nelson

Douglas Dick

Harry

James Nusser

Coroner

Dorothy Green

Cindy

Hayden Rorke

Dep. State Fire Marshal Germain

Dick Elliott

Campbell

Mort Mills

Lloyd

Frances Morris

Mrs. Eden

Richard Gaines

Lamar

Russ Conway

McCrory

Cheerio Meredith

Landlady

John Pickard

Walker

Biff Elliot

Curley

Stanley Clements

Andy

John Litel

Postal Investigator Pauling

Frank Gerstle

Bernie

Nelson Leigh

ACTOR

Ann McCrea

Laura

Hal March

ACTOR

William Henry

Meredith

Evelyn Scott

ACTOR

Walter Sande

Arson Investigator Harry Foster

Rita Johnson

Ruth

James Bell

Clifford Montgomery

Keith Richards

Alloway

Robert Bice

Courtland

Elizabeth Harrower

Mrs. Lindsay

Don C. Harvey

Melton

Alan Dexter

George

Donald Curtis

Brant

Pierre Watkin

Tremont

Dehl Berti

Delmar

Lewis Martin

ACTOR

Phil Tead

Barber

Marc Cavell

Walter

Jennifer Raine

Miss Hanson

Paul Maxey

Olean

Barry Norton

ACTOR

Austin Green

Lab Man

Don Kennedy

Paul

Tom Monroe

Captain

Bill Coontz

Lobou

John Damler

Adams

John Maxwell

Judge

Gregg Martell

Danny

Joey Ray

Jury Foreperson

Marvin Bryan

Doctor

Barbara Wooddell

Helen

Marshall Bradford

Police Chief

Jack Gardner

Jackson

John Truax

ACTOR

John Hiestand

Harry

Paul Keast

Police Chief

Vernon Rich

Keene

Larry Hudson

Bartender

Anitra Stevens

Paula

Virginia Stefan

Kay

Mel Ford

Clerk

Billy Lechner

Phillips

Joel Smith

Phil

Nico Lek

Bartender

Ben Niems

Slim

Joanne Davis

Rose

Kenner G. Kemp

Detective (uncredited)

George Sawaya

Bartender (uncredited)