Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett

James Cagney

Verna Jarrett

Virginia Mayo

Vic Pardo/Hank Fallon

Edmond O'Brien

Ma Jarrett

Margaret Wycherly

Big Ed Somers

Steve Cochran

Philip Evans

John Archer

Giovanni Cotton Valetti

Wally Cassel

Giovanni "Cotton" Valletti

Wally Cassell

Daniel Winston

Fred Clark

Zuckie Hommell (uncredited)

Ford Rainey

Roy Parker

Paul Guilfoyle

Happy Taylor

Fred Coby

Michael "Reader" Curtin (uncredited)

G. Pat Collins

Payroll Guard at Chemical Plant

Robert Foulk

Het Kohler (uncredited)

Mickey Knox

Creel

Ian MacDonald

Tommy Ryley (uncredited)

Robert Osterloh

Operative (uncredited)

Joel Allen

Cashier (uncredited)

Claudia Barrett

Ernie Trent

Ray Montgomery

Guard (uncredited)

Ray Bennett

Brakeman

Jim Toney

Chief of Police (uncredited)

Marshall Bradford

Fireman

Leo Cleary

Convict (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Motorist at Gas Station (uncredited)

John Butler

Engineer

Murray Leonard

Radio Announcer

Terry O'Sullivan

Agent at Directional Map (uncredited)

Robert Carson

Car-Hop at Drive-In Theatre (uncredited)

Bill Cartledge

Willie Rolf, the Stoolie

Milton Parsons

Government Agent

John Pickard

Court Officer (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

Government Agent

Eddie Phillips

Convict

Jim Thorpe

Policeman (uncredited)

Herschel Daugherty

Nat Lefeld

Eddie Foster

Plant Detective (uncredited)

Charles Ferguson

Tower Guard

Lee Phelps

Guard (uncredited)

Art Foster

Simpson, the Prison Doctor

Perry Ivins

Gas Station Owner

Nolan Leary

Vendor at Drive-in (uncredited)

Buddy Gorman

Psychiatrist

Grandon Rhodes

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Sherry Hall

Foreman (uncredited)

Carl Harbaugh

Psychiatrist

John McGuire

Small Role (uncredited)

Clarence Hennecke

Radio Patrolman, Car A

Harry Lauter

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

Guard

Harry Strang

Guard

Jack Worth

Guard

Bob Fowke

Guard

Arthur Miles

Russell Hughes

Sid Melton

Clocker (uncredited)

Larry McGrath

Margaret Baxter

Fern Eggen

Ted Clark

Garrett Craig

Guard (uncredited)

Art Miles

Judge

George Spaulding

Policeman (uncredited)

Jack Perrin

Jim Donovan

De Forrest Lawrence

Convict (uncredited)

Jack Perry

Police Surgeon

George Taylor

Accountant

Stanton Herzog