Edward G. Robinson as John Lindsay

Barbara O'Neil as Jerry Lindsay

John Beal as Paul Ferguson

Wendy Barrie as Frances 'Frankie' Ballou

Otto Kruger as Eugene Ferguson

Arthur Loft as Tom Ross

Marc Lawrence as Eddie Girard

Douglas Wood as District Attorney Bert Beery

Robert Middlemass as Moss Kitchell

Ivan Miller as Inspector Gleason

Charles Halton as George Leander

Louis Jean Heydt as J.W. Butler

Fay Helm as Mrs. Butler

Skippy as Habeas

James Flavin as George - Witness (uncredited)

Bess Flowers as Secretary (uncredited)

Byron Foulger as Simpson (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz as Martin - Club Owner (uncredited)

Walter Soderling as Professor Perkins (uncredited)

William Worthington as Committee Man (uncredited)

Lee Shumway as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre as Thug (uncredited)

Cyril Ring as Photographer (uncredited)

Philo McCullough as Gangster (uncredited)

Lucien Littlefield as Mr. Roberts (uncredited)

Emory Parnell as Detective Brophy (uncredited)

Theodore Lorch as Clerk (uncredited)

Jeff Corey as Thug (uncredited)

Bud Jamison as Bartender (uncredited)

Frank Mayo as Witness (uncredited)

Iris Meredith as Eddie's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Marshall Ruth as Tubby - Law Student (uncredited)

Phillips Smalley as University Dean (uncredited)

Lloyd Whitlock as Headwaiter (uncredited)

Phillip Trent as Law Student (uncredited)