James Allen

Paul Muni

Marie

Glenda Farrell

Helen

Helen Vinson

Pete

Preston Foster

Linda

Noel Francis

Warden

David Landau

Bomber Wells

Edward Ellis

Second Warden

Edward J. McNamara

Barney Sykes

Allen Jenkins

The Judge

Berton Churchill

Red

James Bell

Nordine

John Wray

Rev. Allen

Hale Hamilton

District Attorney

Douglass Dumbrille

Alice

Sally Blane

Steve

Roscoe Karns

Mother

Louise Carter

Sebastian T. Yale - Strong Prisoner

Everett Brown

Prison Board Chairman

Willard Robertson

F.E. Ramsey

Robert McWade

Fuller

Robert Warwick

A Texan

William Le Maire

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Charles Middleton

Café Chateau Dancer (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

Guard

Harry Woods

Chicago Lawyer (uncredited)

Wallis Clark

Police Chief (uncredited)

Erville Alderson

Bill - Barber (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Mr. Parker (uncredited)

Reginald Barlow

Allen's Secretary

Sheila Terry

Southern Prison Official (uncredited)

Frederick Burton

Chairman, Chamber of Commerce

Edward Le Saint

Cop in Barber Shop (uncredited)

A.S. Byron

Cop (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy

Job Foreman (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Wilson (uncredited)

G. Pat Collins

Ackerman

Jack LaRue

Hot Dog Stand Owner

Charles Sellon

Vaudevillian (uncredited)

George Cooper

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Jack Curtis

Prison Commissioner (uncredited)

John Marston

Doggy

William Pawley

Mike, Proprietor of Diner

Lew Kelly

Arresting Officer (uncredited)

J. Frank Glendon

Arresting Officer (uncredited)

Lee Shumway

Blacksmith

Walter Long

Big Prisoner (uncredited)

Jack Low

Second Warden (uncredited)

Edward McNamara

Train Station Guard (uncredited)

Allen D. Sewall

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

William H. Strauss

Marine on Ship (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Tailor (uncredited)

Jack Wise