You tempted him.

Description: An unethical lawyer, with an older brother he wants to help, becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket.

Cast:
Joe Morse: John Garfield
Leo Morse: Thomas Gomez
Edna Tucker: Marie Windsor
Freddie Bauer: Howland Chamberlain
Ben Tucker: Roy Roberts
Bill Ficco: Paul Fix
Wally: Stanley Prager
Detective Egan: Barry Kelley
Hobe Wheelock: Paul McVey
Doris Lowry: Beatrice Pearson
Comptroller: Murray Alper
Sorter: Jim Toney
Citizen: Douglas Carter
Sylvia Morse: Georgia Backus
Detective: Larry J. Blake
Mother: Mildred Boyd
Attorney: Carl Hanson
Banker: Carl Sklover
Gunman #1: William Challee
Police Lieutenant: Cliff Clark
Secretary #1: Eileen Coghlan
Dancer: William H. O'Brien
Policeman #9: Jim Davies
Mrs. Bauer: Jan Dennis
Norval's Girlfriend: Ann Duncan
Dineen: Jimmie Dundee
Policeman #8: Ralph Dunn
Secretary #3: Helen Eby-Rock
Secretary #4: Estelle Etterre
Judge: Charles Evans
Butcher: Budd Fine
Father: Joel Fluellen
Elevator Operator: Paul Frees
Gunman #3: David Fresco
Policeman #4: Chuck Hamilton
Cigar Man: Bert Hanlon
Newsboy: Ray Hirsch
Policeman #12: Ray Hyke
Henchman: Harry Wilson
Mr. Middleton: Perry Ivins
Richards: Milton Kibbee
Undetermined Secondary Role: Jack Lambert
Bunty: Raymond Largay
Waiter: Will Lee
Policeman #7: George Magrill
Badgley: Allen Mathews
Boy: Mickey McGuire
Cashier: David McKim
Defense attorney: Forbes Murray
Law Clerk: Bill Neff
Policeman #2: Paul Newlan
Link Hall: Arthur O'Connell
Bailiff: Frank O'Connor
Juice: Jack Overman
Counterman: Edward Peil Sr.
Louie - Bootblack: Frank Pharr
Gunman #2: Joey Ray
Policeman: Bob Reeves
Johnson: Tim Ryan
Hatcheck Girl: Louise Saraydar
Policeman #5: Carl Saxe
Policeman #6: Cap Somers
Mrs. Lowry: Esther Somers
Norval: Bob Stebbins
Man in Courthouse Cafeteria: Bert Stevens
Girl: Diane Stewart
Secretary #2: Barbara Stone
Court Reporter: Robert Strong
Policeman #11: Brick Sullivan
Two & Two Taylor: Sid Tomack
Policeman #1: Phil Tully
Policeman #3: Max Wagner
Collector: Joe Warfield
Nightclub Manager: Stanley Waxman
Goodspeed: Mervin Williams
Elevator Starter: Robert B. Williams
Policeman #10: Bud Wiser
Mary - Joe's Secretary: Barbara Wooddell

Written by: Abraham Polonsky, Ira Wolfert

Director: Abraham Polonsky

Production: Roberts Pictures Inc., Enterprise Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release date: 01 Mar 1949

Box Office: $948,000