Brian Donlevy as Paul Madvig

Veronica Lake as Janet Henry

Alan Ladd as Ed Beaumont

Bonita Granville as Opal 'Snip' Madvig

Richard Denning as Taylor Henry

Joseph Calleia as Nick Varna

William Bendix as Jeff

Frances Gifford as Nurse

Donald MacBride as Farr

Margaret Hayes as Eloise Matthews

Moroni Olsen as Ralph Henry

Eddie Marr as Rusty

Arthur Loft as Clyde Matthews

George Meader as Claude Tuttle

William Benedict as Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)

Dane Clark as Henry Sloss (uncredited)

Tom Fadden as Basement Club Waiter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton as Policeman (uncredited)

James Millican as Politician (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse as Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)

Lillian Randolph as Basement Club Entertainer (uncredited)

Norma Varden as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict as Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)

Conrad Binyon as Stubby (uncredited)

Frank Bruno as Reporter (uncredited)

Kenneth Chryst as Man in Barroom (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb as Reporter Carrying Papers (uncredited)

Maurice Costello as Card Player (uncredited)

George Cowl as Butler #2 in Henry Home (uncredited)

John W. De Noria as Groggins (uncredited)

Vernon Dent as Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)

Frank Elliott as Peter (uncredited)

J.C. Fowler as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Jack Gardner as Reporter (uncredited)

Kit Guard as Basement Club Barfly (uncredited)

Frank Hagney as Strongarm Thug Escorting Sloss (uncredited)

Louis Jean Heydt as Man watching dice throw (uncredited)

Arthur Stuart Hull as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Joe King as Fisher (uncredited)

Paul Le Pere as Reporter (uncredited)

Theodore Lorch as Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Jack Luden as Reporter (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack as Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)

Joe McGuinn as Reporter (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer as Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)

Jack Mulhall as Lynch (uncredited)

Spec O'Donnell as Campaign Headquarters Usher (uncredited)

Broderick O'Farrell as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Tom O'Grady as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley as Politician (uncredited)

Stanley Price as Basement Club Barfly (uncredited)

Cyril Ring as Campaign Headquarters Waiter (uncredited)

Francis Sayles as Seedy-Looking Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)

Jack Shea as Policeman (uncredited)

Bruce Sidney as Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan as Joe (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan as Cabbie (uncredited)

George Turner as Dr. Redmond (uncredited)

William Wagner as Butler (uncredited)

Fred Walburn as Kid (uncredited)

Laraine Day as Nurse (uncredited)