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

Paul Brinegar

Brant

Lewis Charles

Cherokee Kid

Sam Flint

Bank Manager

Lillian Powell

Mrs. Chase

Kay Stewart

Betty

Christine White

ACTOR

Rusty Lane

ACTOR

Carl Frank

ACTOR

Frank Campanella

ACTOR

Matt Crowley

Samuel Thomas

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 Wallace

Frank Reeds

Robert Bray

Fireman

James Flavin

Carroll

Wendell Holmes

Lawrence Deshaw

Hugh Sanders

Chief of Police Alvin R. Randall

Joan Camden

Elvy

John Gallaudet

Det. Bert Baldwin

Tom McKee

Inspector Ed Wheeler

James McCallion

Andy

William Boyett

Miller

Dan White

Caretaker

Tyler McVey

Captain Clark

Larry J. Blake

Merkel

Harry Tyler

Sailor Jack

Dan Seymour

John Renick

Robert Foulk

Capt. Olvera

Robert Carson

Lt. Jacob Gomborow

Harlan Warde

FBI Agent Dexter

Vivi Janiss

Sarah Ferguson

George Eldredge

Gallup

Selmer Jackson

Sam Walker

William Fawcett

Old Man

Peter Brocco

August Paoli

James Stone

Dryden

Edmund Penney

Guard

Paul Newman

ACTOR

Bethel Leslie

ACTOR

James Gregory

Detective John Masterson

Dennis Patrick

ACTOR

Robert Emhardt

ACTOR

Joseph Walsh

ACTOR

Robert P. Lieb

The Chief

Paul Tripp

ACTOR

Frank Ferguson

Harvey

Leslie Nielsen

ACTOR

Anthony Perkins

Pedro

Robert Middleton

Deputy Warden Lorenz C. Schmuhl

Jean Carson

ACTOR

Joe Maross

Ham Hamlin

Bill Zuckert

Sheriff Bryan Clemens

Gage Clarke

The District Attorney

Steve Gravers

ACTOR

Herbert Nelson

Spencer Drayton

Leslie Barrett

Lester Mapes

Russell Hardie

John Finnegan

Katharine Raht

Customer

Truman Smith

ACTOR

Joe Helgeson

Price

Ernest Parmentier

Andy

James Bender

ACTOR

Charles Rae King

ACTOR

Don Briggs

Harold

Leonard Barry

ACTOR

Fred Uttal

ACTOR

Barney Phillips

Detective Charles Wade

Sam Edwards

Freddie

Joseph Hamilton

Bill

Walter Reed

Linden

Christopher Dark

Frank

Ray Walker

Atwater

Carlyle Mitchell

Dixon

Charles Cane

Police Captain

Ruth Perrott

Mrs. Casey

Virginia Lee

June

Jeanette Nolan

Ruby Barrett

Willis Bouchey

Frank Ellis

Emile Meyer

Deputy Charles Newsome

Rhys Williams

Johnson

Barry Kelley

Det. Sgt. John Flavin

Don Haggerty

Detective William J. Nelson

James Millican

Inspector Fred Barnes

Linda Stirling

Nettie Perry

Jess Barker

Capt. Osborn

Frank Jenks

Officer O'Mara

Ernestine Barrier

Warden Monahan

Strother Martin

Brother Daniel

Dabbs Greer

Detective Merrick

Karen Steele

Peggy

Aaron Spelling

Billy

Lyle Talbot

Walter Perry

Leon Askin

Leon

Mary Beth Hughes

Rose Gilbert

Robert H. Harris

Dr. Lewis Lubeck

Harry Shannon

Clyde

Donald Murphy

Conklin

Joyce Holden

Claire Torrington

Wally Brown

Sidney Weber

Stephen Bekassy

George Lyons

Tracey Roberts

Lily Walling

Ellen Corby

Katherine LeRoy

Helen Kleeb

Deputy

Gregory Walcott

Tom Barker

George E. Stone

Blinky, City Undertaker

Morris Ankrum

Floyd King

Roy Engel

Petosky

Gene Reynolds

Carl Wingate

Ian MacDonald

Slade

Roy Barcroft

Captain Pulasky

Judy Nugent

Donna Eldred

William 'Bill' Phillips

Chester

Robert Osterloh

Roy Miller

Jacqueline Duval

Marie Luzette

Don Megowan

Ludell

Vic Perrin

Saugus

Claire Carleton

Pearl Weber

Jan Merlin

Tom McKeller

Philip Van Zandt

Undertaker Charlie Ridgely

Paul Bryar

Chief of Police

Pepe Hern

Pedro

Yvonne Doughty

Miss Sampson

Jerry Eskow

Vincent Wells

William Schallert

Mr. Lyons

Bill Baldwin

Natick

William Hudson

Sgt. Bill Wiley

Walter Kingsford

Bartlett

Charles Meredith

Police Chief

Steve Pendleton

Officer Thompson

Maureen Cassidy

Betzy

King Donovan

Niles

Dick Simmons

Major Hobart

Sidney Clute

Theater Manager

Eddy Waller

Andy

Robert Griffin

Chief of Police

Alice Reinheart

Mrs. Webster

Jean Dean

Ruth

Don Oreck

Al

Carl Milletaire

Harry - Bartender

Ezelle Poule

Miss Mallory

Muriel Mansell

Florence

Richard Deacon

Reverend Edgefield

John Bryant

Pierce Torrington

Howard Culver

Carl - Lab Man

Fred Sherman

Doctor

Edit Angold

Mrs. Butler

Eva Ralf

Carla

Rayford Barnes

Hall Pully

Adrienne Marden

Ada

Joseph Mell

Sam Howell

Frank J. Scannell

Harry - the Barker

Chester Marshall

Sailor

John Halloran

Sheriff

Lillian Buyeff

Mrs. Eldred

David McMahon

Mr. Glenwood

Lester Dorr

Bob Castle

Thayer Roberts

Dr. Taylor

Mary Dean

Lucy

Tom Daly

Circus Manager

Paul Knight

Reporter

Alan Lee

Flophouse Manager

Gayne Whitman

Hayes

Howard Price

Jay Patterson

Dick McGowan

Boy

Burt Metcalfe

Air Policeman

Ronny Liss

Joplin

Jack Warden

ACTOR

Jack Klugman

ACTOR

Katharine Bard

ACTOR

Scott McKay

Jack Tyler

John McGovern

Sheriff Isbell

Richard Carlyle

ACTOR

Sid Raymond

ACTOR

Dortha Duckworth

ACTOR

Thomas Coley

ACTOR

Jerry Crews

ACTOR

Wendell K. Phillips

ACTOR

Alan Devitt

ACTOR

Dorothy Sands

Grace Spencer

Ruth Matteson

ACTOR

Ruth Enders

ACTOR

Ed Bond

ACTOR

Gene Sultan

Johnny Isbell

Jason Robards

ACTOR

Norma Crane

ACTOR

Robert Fuller

ACTOR

Royal Dano

Robert Butzler

Lawrence Tierney

ACTOR

Constance Ford

Mary Rourke

Murray Hamilton

ACTOR

Harry Townes

Mandell Fogel

Lynn Loring

The Daughter

Ray Danton

ACTOR

Douglas Fowley

ACTOR

Harold J. Stone

ACTOR

Alice Pearce

ACTOR

Frances Reid

ACTOR

Dickie Moore

ACTOR

Patricia Smith

ACTOR

Conrad Janis

ACTOR

Harry Lauter

ACTOR

Mason Adams

Conrad

June Dayton

ACTOR

Nellie Burt

ACTOR

Edgar Stehli

ACTOR

Bruce Gordon

Captain Jack Donahoe

Wesley Addy

ACTOR

Addison Richards

ACTOR

Philip Abbott

ACTOR

Carmen Mathews

ACTOR

George Mitchell

ACTOR

Dean Harens

ACTOR

Vinton Hayworth

Tommy

Russell Hicks

The Principal

Virginia Gibson

ACTOR

Jan Miner

ACTOR

Jim Boles

ACTOR

Howard St. John

Detective John Palmer

Joey Faye

ACTOR

Herbert Ellis

ACTOR

Sydney Smith

ACTOR

James Nolan

ACTOR

Wynne Gibson

ACTOR

Mario Gallo

ACTOR

Larry Haines

ACTOR

Ralph Dunn

Moore

Joe Downing

Knapp

Philip Truex

Averill

Philip Kenneally

ACTOR

Harry Davis

ACTOR

Cliff Hall

ACTOR

John Marriott

ACTOR

Cameron Prud'Homme

ACTOR

Lisa Ferraday

ACTOR

Mimi Kelly

Miss Dennis

John Gibson

Ordway

Billy M. Greene

ACTOR

Tom Gorman

ACTOR

Florence Sundstrom

Phyllis

Claudia Morgan

ACTOR

Humphrey Davis

Fraser

Mary Alice Moore

Ella

James Kelly

ACTOR

Boris Aplon

ACTOR

John Connell

Herb

Harold Gary

ACTOR

William F. Leicester

ACTOR

Loretta Daye

ACTOR

Dorian Leigh Parker

ACTOR

Paul Clarke

ACTOR

Blair Davies

ACTOR

Gloria Marlowe

Vera

Gordon B. Clarke

ACTOR

Milo Boulton

ACTOR

Clement Fowler

ACTOR

Lawrence Fletcher

ACTOR

Edwin Bruce

Chuck

John Buckwalter

ACTOR

Richard Purdy

ACTOR

Billy Butterfield

Self - Jazz Trumpeter

Pud Flanagan

Billy

Jill Kraft

ACTOR

James Mishler

ACTOR

Ruth Yorke

Mrs. Fogel

Douglas Rutherford

Brad Benedict

Karen Lenay

ACTOR

Jan Leighton

ACTOR

Lorna Lynn

Ruthie

William Thunhurst Jr.

Major Corning

Henrietta Moore

Stella

Alan Stevenson

ACTOR

Frank Dana

Bill

Bruce Marshall

ACTOR

Richard Leone

Mike

Dorothy Donahue

Claire

Orme Lewis

Self - Asst. Secretary of Department of the Interior

Harold McGee

ACTOR

Ned H. Dearborn

Self - President of National Safety Council

Dick Moore

ACTOR

John C. Beecher

ACTOR

Merle Albertson

ACTOR

Jack Arthur

ACTOR

Haskell Coffin

ACTOR

Richard Bishop

Colonel Hammond

Robert Jennings

ACTOR

Dana Wyatt

ACTOR

Will Scholz

ACTOR

Carolyn Jones

Louise

Charles Bronson

Ralph

Jeanne Cooper

ACTOR

Lee Van Cleef

Floyd

Elisha Cook Jr.

ACTOR

Denver Pyle

Detective Lashley

John Dehner

Capt. Harold D. Smith

Gloria Talbott

Mary

Milburn Stone

Grady Norton

Nehemiah Persoff

ACTOR

Laurie Mitchell

Betty

Jean Willes

Helen

Michael Fox

Stranger

Jan Shepard

Helen

John Doucette

Garrison

Nancy Gates

Flo

Roy Roberts

ACTOR

Ted Bessell

ACTOR

Parley Baer

Fallon

June Vincent

County Prosecutor Dorothy Nelson

Douglas Kennedy

Weston

James Bell

Clifford Montgomery

Dorothy Green

Cindy

Hayden Rorke

Dep. State Fire Marshal Germain

William Henry

Meredith

Malcolm Atterbury

Kelley

Ted de Corsia

Capt. Joseph Crescio

Mort Mills

Lloyd

Marc Cavell

Walter

John Litel

Postal Investigator Pauling

Walter Sande

Arson Investigator Harry Foster

Richard Gaines

Lamar

John Pickard

Walker

Don C. Harvey

Melton

James Nusser

Coroner

Frank Gerstle

Bernie

Stanley Clements

Andy

Dick Elliott

Campbell

Russ Conway

McCrory

Douglas Dick

Harry

Rita Johnson

Ruth

Cheerio Meredith

Landlady

Robert Bice

Courtland

Donald Curtis

Brant

Dehl Berti

Delmar

Keith Richards

Alloway

Alan Dexter

George

Biff Elliot

Curley

Pierre Watkin

Tremont

Ann McCrea

Laura

Elizabeth Harrower

Mrs. Lindsay

Barry Norton

ACTOR

Nelson Leigh

ACTOR

Frances Morris

Mrs. Eden

Bill Coontz

Lobou

Lewis Martin

ACTOR

Barbara Wooddell

Helen

Joel Smith

Phil

Hal March

ACTOR

Paul Maxey

Olean

Gregg Martell

Danny

Evelyn Scott

ACTOR

John Maxwell

Judge

Phil Tead

Barber

Don Kennedy

Paul

Jennifer Raine

Miss Hanson

Tom Monroe

Captain

Larry Hudson

Bartender

John Damler

Adams

Vernon Rich

Keene

Marshall Bradford

Police Chief

Austin Green

Lab Man

John Truax

ACTOR

Paul Keast

Police Chief

Jack Gardner

Jackson

Virginia Stefan

Kay

John Hiestand

Harry

Joey Ray

Jury Foreperson

Marvin Bryan

Doctor

Billy Lechner

Phillips

Anitra Stevens

Paula

Ben Niems

Slim

Nico Lek

Bartender

Joanne Davis

Rose

Mel Ford

Clerk

Kenner G. Kemp

Detectiveuncredited

George Sawaya

Bartenderuncredited