Down-and-out artist Joe Manning wakes up from a night of drunken revelry in a jail cell, where he's being held on suspicion for the murder of a nightclub singer.

Joe Manning

Frances 'Slacks' Bennett

Red Waller

Christine 'Christy' Rowen

Detective Sgt. Hollander

Harry Dorn, Bartender

Nora Manning

George Niles

Dr. Louis Tatreau, Psychiatrist

Gloria Wayne

Luther Woods

District Attorney Roy Kasden

High School Guard / Watchman (uncredited)
March 21, 1956

Joe Manning

Frances 'Slacks' Bennett

Red Waller

Christine 'Christy' Rowen

Detective Sgt. Hollander

Harry Dorn, Bartender

Nora Manning

George Niles

Dr. Louis Tatreau, Psychiatrist

Gloria Wayne

Luther Woods

District Attorney Roy Kasden

High School Guard / Watchman (uncredited)
