On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality Matthews escapes in search of the man he believes to be the real killer.
as Capt. Frank Matthews
as Adele Matthews
as Woodrow Wilson King
as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
as Mrs. Eileen Sanderson
as Paul Martin Sanderson
as Lt. Smithson
as Liz Tennant
as Senator Augustus Cole
as Richard D'Angelo
as Effie
as Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton
as Brooks Elliott
as Mary Schumacher
as Myra
as Mrs. Wilma Elliot
as Judge Kinsella
as U.S. Attorney Grady Butler
as Deputy Marshall Jack Barnes
as Artie
as Detective Jelinek
as Detective Hanauer
as Garland
as Street Tough
as Courtroom Spectator