Spencer Tracy as Jim Carter

Claire Trevor as Elizabeth "Betty" McWade Carter

Scotty Beckett as Alexander "Sonny" Carter

Henry B. Walthall as Pop McWade

Alan Dinehart as Jonesy

Rita Hayworth as Dancer

Willard Robertson as Inspector Harris

Morgan Wallace as Captain Morgan

Robert Gleckler as Dean

Russell Hicks as Prosecuting Attorney

Frank Conroy as Defense Attorney

George Irving as Judge

Andrea Leeds as Anna

John George as Abdullah (uncredited)