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.
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
