When practicing for a role, actor Jack is mistaken for the killer Ace. He doesn't realize this until it's too late and is carried off to gangster boss Leo Smooth, who wants Ace to do a job for him. Fearing for his life, Jack plays his role, but always searching for a way out of the well-guarded house.

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Cast

Dick Van Dyke

Jack Albany

Edward G. Robinson

Leo Joseph Smooth

Dorothy Provine

Sally Inwood

Henry Silva

Frank Boley

Tony Bill

Florian

Slim Pickens

Cowboy Schaeffer

Jack Elam

Ace Williams

Ned Glass

Rinzy Tobreski

Richard Bakalyan

Bobby Macoon

Mickey Shaughnessy

Francis

Philip Coolidge

Fingers Felton

James Millhollin

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