Somebody get help! Help! Help! Help!

Description: A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.

Cast:
Lt. Dan Muldoon: Barry Fitzgerald
Frank Niles: Howard Duff
Ruth Morrison: Dorothy Hart
Jimmy Halloran: Don Taylor
Captain Donahue: Frank Conroy
Willy Garzah: Ted de Corsia
Dr. Lawrence Stoneman: House Jameson
Mrs. Halloran: Anne Sargent
Mrs. Batory: Adelaide Klein
Mr. Batory: Grover Burgess
Detective Perelli: Tom Pedi
Mrs. Hylton: Enid Markey
Narrator: Mark Hellinger
Little Old Lady: Jean Adair
Dress Shop Proprietress: Celia Adler
Girl: Mildred Stronger
Shopgirl: Amelia Romano
Mrs. Stoneman: Beverly Bayne
Detective: Ralph Brooks
Harvey: Harris Brown
Hoffman: Ralph Bunker
Pete Backalis: Walter Burke
Policeman: Alexander Campbell
Crippled Girl: Retta Coleman
Charles Meade: G. Pat Collins
Det. Nick: Curt Conway
Ambulance Doctor: Russ Conway
Miss Livingston: Grace Coppin
Bisbee: William Cottrell
Man: William E. Green
Nurse: Marion Leeds
Mr. Stillman: Johnny Dale
Photographer: Arthur 'Weegee' Fellig
Henry Fowler: Paul Ford
Jeweler: Andre D. Foster
Stout Young Woman on Elevated Train: Kathleen Freeman
Mrs. Hylton's Maid: Pearl Gaines
Banker: Earle Gilbert
Cop at Williamsburg Bridge: Bruce Gordon
City Editor: Raymond Greenleaf
Patrolman Albert Hicks: James Gregory
Boy: Clifford Sales
Cop: Chuck Hamilton
Druggist: Robert H. Harris
Billy Halloran: Stevie Harris
Street Cleaner: Percy Helton
Wrestler: Joseph Karney
Mother: Blanche Obronska
Publisher: Judson Laire
Mr. McCormick: Nicholas Joy
Qualen: Kermit Kegley
Newsboy: Albert Kelley
Patrolman: Victor Zimmerman
Ned Harvey: Joe Kerr
Police Photographer: Perc Launders
Det. Fredericks: George Lynn
Managing Editor: John Marley
Det. Dace Constantino: John McQuade
Young Man Who Confesses to Dexter Murder: Carl Milletaire
Martha Swenson: Virginia Mullen
Sgt. Shaeffer: Arthur O'Connell
Sgt. Dave Miller: David Opatoshu
Smiling Man Departing Subway: Nehemiah Persoff
Soda-Selling Shopkeeper: Molly Picon
Police Dispatcher: John Randolph
Ed Garzah: Anthony Rivers
Blind Man: Richard W. Shankland
Old Gentleman: Ralph Simone
Miss Owens: Hester Sondergaard
Wrestlers' Trainer: Elliott Sullivan
Ticket Taker: Charles Thompson
Records Clerk: Mervin Williams

Written by: Albert Maltz, Malvin Wald

Director: Jules Dassin

Production: Universal International Pictures

Release date: 04 Mar 1948

Box Office: $2,400,000