Arthur Ferguson Jones

Edward G. Robinson

Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark

Jean Arthur

Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle

Arthur Hohl

Healy

Wallace Ford

Detective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe

James Donlan

DA Spencer

A.S. Byron

Spencer

Arthur Byron

Hoyt

Donald Meek

J.G. Carpenter

Paul Harvey

Seaver

Etienne Girardot

Bugs Martin

Edward Brophy

Prison Warden (uncredited)

J. Farrell MacDonald

Aunt Agatha

Effie Ellsler

Bank Employee (uncredited)

Lucille Ball

Sam Dixon

Ralph Remley

Miss Gower (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Mannion's Thug (uncredited)

Joe Sawyer

Police Lt. Mac

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Mannion's Henchman

John Wray

Reporter (uncredited)

Robert Stanley

Russell

Frank Sheridan

President of the Chamber of Commerce

Clarence Wilson

Seaver's Private Secretary

Virginia Pine

Mayor

Ferdinand Munier

Radio Man

Cornelius Keefe

Reporter at Dock

Francis Ford

Traffic Cop

Ben Taggart

Convict

Walter Long

Landlady

Mary Gordon

Man

Charles King

Man

Gordon DeMain

Detective

Robert E. Homans

Robert Parrish

Ribber

Ralph M. Remley

Sob Sister

Grace Hayle

Gangster

Al Hill

City Official

Sam Flint

Reporter

Emmett Vogan

Guard

Tom London

Detective

Philip Morris