
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