State's Attorney Henry L. Harvey

Dana Andrews

Off-Screen Narrator

Reed Hadley

Madge Harvey

Jane Wyatt

Chief Harold F. "Robbie" Robinson

Lee J. Cobb

Irene Nelson

Cara Williams

John Waldron

Arthur Kennedy

Morning Record's Reporter Dave Woods

Sam Levene

T.M. Wade

Taylor Holmes

'Mac' McCreery

Robert Keith

Paul Harris

Ed Begley

Jim Crossman

Philip Coolidge

Cary

Lester Lonergan

Herron, a Man in Alley Mob

Bert Freed

Sgt. Dugan

Barry Kelley

Mr. Rogers

Richard Garrick

Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)

Brian Keith

Det. Lt. White (uncredited)

Karl Malden

James

Ben Lackland

Line-Up Suspect

Arthur Miller

Annie

Helen Carew

Mrs. Crossman

Leona Roberts

Father George A. Lambert

Wyrley Birch

Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)

Frank Overton

Rev. Gardiner

John Stearns

Cartucci

Guy Thomajan

Warren

Anthony Ross

Mrs. Lukash

Lucia Backus Seger

Dr. Rainsford

Dudley Sadler

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Harry Landers

Mayor Swayze

Walter Greaza

Bill - Cub Reporter (uncredited)

James Dobson

Miss Manion

Helen Hatch

Whitney - Harvey's Assistant (uncredited)

William Challee

Mr. Lukash

Joe Kazan

Miss Roberts

Ida McGuire

O'Shea

George Petrie

Callahan

John Carmody

Judge Tate

Clay Clement

McDonald

E.J. Ballantine

Sheriff

Lawrence Paquin

Johnson

Royal Beal

Fr. Lambert

Wryley Birch