Sylvia Sidney as Katherine Grant

Spencer Tracy as Joe Wilson

Walter Abel as District Attorney

Bruce Cabot as Kirby Dawson

Edward Ellis as Sheriff

Walter Brennan as Bugs Meyers

Frank Albertson as Charlie Wilson

George Walcott as Tom Wilson

Arthur Stone as Durkin

Morgan Wallace as Fred Garrett

George Chandler as Milton Jackson

Roger Gray as Stranger

Edwin Maxwell as Vickery

Howard Hickman as Governor

Jonathan Hale as Defense Attorney

Leila Bennett as Edna Hooper

Esther Dale as Mrs. Whipple

Helen Flint as Franchette

Erville Alderson as Plumber (uncredited)

Ernie Alexander as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)

Ricca Allen as Townswoman Gossip (uncredited)

Herbert Ashley as Oscar (uncredited)

B.F. Blinn as Juror (uncredited)

Ward Bond as Man (uncredited)

Harry Bowen as Baggage Clerk (uncredited)

Ed Brady as Dawson's Friend (uncredited)

Raymond Brown as Farmer (uncredited)

Harry Burkhardt as Sheriff's Deputy (uncredited)

Eugene Burr as Man at Elevator (uncredited)

Frederick Burton as Daniel Hopkins (uncredited)

Nora Cecil as Albert's Mother (uncredited)

Harvey Clark as Mayor Pippen (uncredited)

Gino Corrado as Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)

Jules Cowles as Frank (uncredited)

Alexander Cross as Outgoing Watchman (uncredited)

Jack Daley as Factory Foreman (uncredited)

Sidney De Gray as Jury Member (uncredited)

Helen Dickson as Townswoman Gossip (uncredited)

Robert Dudley as Store Owner (uncredited)

Oliver Eckhardt as Juror (uncredited)

Edgar Edwards as Tomato Thrower / Arsonist Defendant (uncredited)

Adolph Faylauer as Reporter (uncredited)

Mary Foy as Townswoman Defendant (uncredited)

Raoul Freeman as Sheriff's Deputy (uncredited)

Jack Grey as Dawson's Friend (uncredited)

Ben Hall as Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited)

Sherry Hall as Court Clerk (uncredited)

Edna Mae Harris as Black Woman (uncredited)

Harry Harvey as Jasper Anderson (uncredited)

Raymond Hatton as Hector (uncredited)

Harry Hayden as Lem (uncredited)

Sam Hayes as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Daniel L. Haynes as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Fay Helm as Townswoman (uncredited)

Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian as Miner (uncredited)

Al Herman as Dawson's Friend (uncredited)

Robert Homans as Incoming Watchman (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt as Grouch (uncredited)

Sydney Jarvis as Court Bailiff (uncredited)

Si Jenks as Uncle Billy (uncredited)

Clarence Kolb as Durkin's Friend (uncredited)

Gwen Lee as Mrs. Fred Garrett (uncredited)

Murdock MacQuarrie as Dawson's Friend (uncredited)

Wally Maher as Ted Fitzgerald (uncredited)

Tom Mahoney as Bailiff (uncredited)

Paul McAllister as Passerby (uncredited)

Harry McCoy as Adams' Assistant (uncredited)

Pat McKee as Townsman Mob Defendant (uncredited)

Mira McKinney as Hysterical Townswoman at Trial (uncredited)

Robert Milasch as Townsman Deputy (uncredited)

Frank Mills as Dawson's Friend (uncredited)

King Mojave as Walter Judd (uncredited)

Roger Moore as Adams' Assistant (uncredited)

Esther Muir as Girl in Apartment Listening to Radio (uncredited)

William Newell as Service Station Owner (uncredited)

Field Norton as Court Bailiff (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe as Reporter (uncredited)

George Offerman, Jr. as Youthful Mob Defendant (uncredited)

Franklin Parker as Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)

Victor Potel as Jorgeson (uncredited)

James Quinn as Dawson's Friend (uncredited)

Ruth Renick as Sally Humphries (uncredited)

Bert Roach as Waiter (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell as Reporter (uncredited)

Christian Rub as Sven Ahern (uncredited)

Cy Schindell as Townsman (uncredited)

Will Stanton as Drunk Leaving Bar (uncredited)

Carl Stockdale as Hardware Man (uncredited)

Mark Strong as Court Bailiff (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan as Townsman Mob Defendant (uncredited)

Denny Sullivan as Townsman Mob Defendant (uncredited)

Frank Sully as Dynamiter (uncredited)

Gertrude Sutton as Miss Tuttle (uncredited)

William Tannen as Governor's Aide (uncredited)

Albert Taylor as Old Man (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal as Fanny (uncredited)

Guy Usher as Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Billy Wayne as Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)

Dick Wessel as Bodyguard (uncredited)

Huey White as Bus Driver (uncredited)

Florence Wix as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Dorothea Wolbert as Hector's Wife (uncredited)

Buck Woods as Bartender (uncredited)

Janet Young as Prim Townswoman (uncredited)

Terry as Joe's Dog Rainbow (uncredited)

Jane Corcoran as Praying Townswoman