Antonio "Tony" Camonte
Paul Muni
Francesca "Cesca" Camonte
Ann Dvorak
Guino Rinaldo
George Raft
Poppy
Karen Morley
John "Johnny" Lovo
Osgood Perkins
Johnny Lovo
Osgood Perkins
Insp. Ben Guarino
C. Henry Gordon
Gaffney
Boris Karloff
Angelo
Vince Barnett
Tony's Mother
Inez Palange
Commissioner
Edwin Maxwell
Managing editor
Tully Marshall
Big Louis Costillo
Harry Vejar
Epstein
Bert Starkey
Blonde at Paradise Club
Jean Harlow
Pietro
Henry Armetta
Sullivan
Maurice Black
Publisher
Purnell Pratt
Bootlegger
Charles Sullivan
Bootlegger
Harry Tenbrook
Worker
Hank Mann
Gaffney Hood
Paul Fix
Man on Bed
Howard Hawks
Dance Extra
Dennis O'Keefe
MacArthur of the Tribune
John Lee Mahin