Cast & crew
The Big Knife (1955)
Directed by Robert Aldrich Written by James Poe, Clifford Odets
Cast
| Jack Palance | Castle Hechman |
| Ida Lupino | Castle Hechman |
| Wendell Corey | Smiley |
| Jean Hagen | Connie |
| Rod Steiger | Shriner |
| Shelley Winters | Dixie |
| Ilka Chase | Benedict |
| Everett Sloane | Tzakhi Danziger |
| Wesley Addy | Teagle |
| Nick Dennis | Feeney |
| Paul Langton | Buddy |
| Bill Walker | Russell |
| Michael Winkelman | Billy |
| Ralph Volkie | Referee |
| Richard Boone | Stitch (Voice) |
| Nick Cravat | Nick Rutgers |
| Robert Emhardt | Bit |
| Mel Welles | Male Guest |
| Michael Fox | Prize |
| Strother Martin | Stillman |
| Nick Cravat | Nick Rutgers |
| Mel Welles | Party Speaker |
| Bill Walker | Russell |
| Michael Winkelman | Billy |
| Strother Martin | Stillman |
| Ida Lupino | Marion Ravenwood |
| Wendell Corey | Smiley |
| Nick Dennis | Feeney |
| Ilka Chase | Patty |
| Robert Emhardt | Bit |
| Shelley Winters | Dixie |
| Richard Boone | Stitch (Voice) |
| Wesley Addy | Teagle |
| Michael Fox | Prize |
| Everett Sloane | Tzakhi Danziger |
| Rod Steiger | Shriner |
| Jack Palance | Castle Hechman |
| Paul Langton | Buddy |
| Jean Hagen | Connie |
| Jack Palance | Charles Castle |
| Ida Lupino | Marion Castle |
| Wendell Corey | Smiley Coy |
| Ilka Chase | Patty Benedict |
| Bill Walker | Russell |
| Jean Hagen | Connie Bliss |
| Shelley Winters | Dixie Evans |
| Everett Sloane | Nat Danziger |
| Wesley Addy | Horatio "Hank" Teagle |
| Paul Langton | Buddy Bliss |
| Nick Dennis | Mickey Feeney |
| Rod Steiger | Stanley Shriner Hoff |
| Michael Winkelman | Billy Castle |
| Ralph Volkie | Referee |
| Richard Boone | Narrator (voice) |
| Nick Cravat | Nick |
| Robert Emhardt | Bit Part |
| Mel Welles | Mustached Party Guest |
| Michael Fox | Prize Fight Announcer |
| Strother Martin | Stillman |
Crew
| Ernest Laszlo | Director of Photography |
| Robert Aldrich | Director |
| Robert Aldrich | Producer |
| Frank De Vol | Original Music Composer |
| Jack R. Berne | Production Supervisor |
| John Orlando | Property Master |
| Louis Hippe | Makeup Artist |
| William Glasgow | Art Direction |
| Edward G. Boyle | Set Decoration |
| Michael Luciano | Editor |
| Bob Russell | Transportation Captain |
| Nate D. Slott | Assistant Director |
| Frank De Vol | Conductor |
| Jack Murton | Casting |
| Jack Solomon | Sound |
| Saul Bass | Title Designer |
| Robert H. Justman | Second Assistant Director |
| Joe Franklin | Script Supervisor |
| John Livesley | Grip |
| James Poe | Writer |
| Robert Sherman | Producer's Assistant |
| Clifford Odets | Writer |
| Robert H. Justman | Second Assistant Director |
| Nate D. Slott | Assistant Director |
| Joe Franklin | Script Supervisor |
| Louis Hippe | Makeup Artist |
| Edward G. Boyle | Set Decoration |
| Jack Murton | Casting |
| Frank De Vol | Original Music Composer |
| Robert Sherman | Producer's Assistant |
| Saul Bass | Title Designer |
| Frank De Vol | Conductor |
| John Livesley | Grip |
| James Poe | Writer |
| Michael Luciano | Editor |
| Ernest Laszlo | Director of Photography |
| Jack Solomon | Sound |
| Bob Russell | Transportation Captain |
| Clifford Odets | Theatre Play |
| Robert Aldrich | Producer |
| Robert Aldrich | Director |
| William Glasgow | Art Direction |
| Robert Aldrich | Director |
| Robert Aldrich | Producer |
| Robert H. Justman | Second Assistant Director |
| Robert Sherman | Producer's Assistant |
| Bob Russell | Transportation Captain |
| Nate D. Slott | Assistant Director |
| Saul Bass | Title Designer |
| Frank De Vol | Conductor |
| John Livesley | Grip |
| Jack Murton | Casting |
| Jack Solomon | Sound |
| Ernest Laszlo | Director of Photography |
| Frank De Vol | Original Music Composer |
| Jack R. Berne | Production Supervisor |
| Joe Franklin | Script Supervisor |
| John Orlando | Property Master |
| Louis Hippe | Makeup Artist |
| William Glasgow | Art Direction |
| Edward G. Boyle | Set Decoration |
| Michael Luciano | Editor |
| Clifford Odets | Theatre Play |
| James Poe | Writer |