A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes close with an easy-going professional gambler and torn between two very different women.
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Frank Sinatra as Dave Hirsh
Dean Martin as Bama Dillert
Shirley MacLaine as Ginnie Moorehead
Martha Hyer as Gwen French
Arthur Kennedy as Frank Hirsh
Nancy Gates as Edith Barclay
Leora Dana as Agnes Hirsh
Betty Lou Keim as Dawn Hirsh
Larry Gates as Professor Robert Haven French
Steve Peck as Raymond Lanchak
Connie Gilchrist as Jane Barclay
Ned Wever as Smitty
Jan Arvan as Nightclub Manager (uncredited)
Arthur Berkeley as Club Patron (uncredited)
George Brengel as Ned Deacon (uncredited)
John Brennan as Wally Dennis (uncredited)
George Calliga as Club Patron (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
George Cisar as Hubie Nelson (uncredited)
Bud Cokes as Clerk (uncredited)
Carole Conn as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney as Parkman Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Paul Cristo as Club Patron (uncredited)
Sheryl Deauville as Julia (uncredited)
Roy Engel as Sheriff (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum as Passerby Outside Bar (uncredited)
Joe Gray as Man (uncredited)
Don Haggerty as Ted Harperspoon (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes as Club Patron (uncredited)
Anthony Jochim as Judge Baskin (uncredited)
James Jones as Crew Cut Man Playing Poker (uncredited)
Donald Kerr as Smitty's Waiter (uncredited)
Len Lesser as Indianapolis Poker Player (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine as Dancing Guest (uncredited)
Denny Miller as Dewey Cole (uncredited)
Frank Mitchell as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady as Club Patron (uncredited)
Carmen Phillips as Rosalie (uncredited)
Ric Roman as Joe (uncredited)
Marion Ross as Sister Mary Joseph (uncredited)
Lili Rosson as Town Girl (uncredited)
John Roy as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Paul Russell as Club Patron (uncredited)
William Schallert as Al (Jewelry Store Clerk) (uncredited)