Overview
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.
Cast
- Dick Van Dyke as Jack Albany
- Edward G. Robinson as Leo Joseph Smooth
- Dorothy Provine as Sally Inwood
- Henry Silva as Frank Boley
- Tony Bill as Florian
- Slim Pickens as Cowboy Schaeffer
- Jack Elam as Ace Williams
- Ned Glass as Rinzy Tobreski
- Richard Bakalyan as Bobby Macoon
- Mickey Shaughnessy as Francis