James Cagney as Bat Morgan

Margaret Lindsay as Jean Barrat

Ricardo Cortez as Paul Morra

Lili Damita as Belle Morra

Donald Woods as Charles Ford

Barton MacLane as Spider Burke

George E. Stone as Solomon "Solly" Green

Joe King as James "Jim" Daley (as Joseph King)

Addison Richards as William Coleman

Robert McWade as Judge Stephen Crawford

Joseph Crehan as McClanahan

Robert Strange as Graber

Joe Sawyer as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)

Fred Kohler as Shanghai Duck

Edward McWade as Tupper

Claudia Coleman as Jumping Whale

John Wray as The Weasel

Don Barclay as Drunk (uncredited)

Wade Boteler as Receiver of Shanghaied Men (uncredited)

Helene Chadwick as Saloon Girl (uncredited)

Wong Chung as Chung (uncredited)

Jack Curtis as Captain (uncredited)

Bill Dale as Vigilante (uncredited)

Alan Davis as Young Drunk (uncredited)

William Desmond as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)

John T. Dillon as Second Policeman (uncredited)

Don Downen as Opera House Usher (uncredited)

Robert Dudley as Vigilante Leader (uncredited)

John Elliott as Doctor Attending Ford (uncredited)

Jim Farley as Vigilante (uncredited)

Karl Hackett as Card Dealer (uncredited)

Lew Harvey as Card Dealer (uncredited)

William Holmes as Second Man (uncredited)

Edward Keane as Contractor (uncredited)

Dick Kerr as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee as Shop Man (uncredited)

Alice Lake as Saloon Girl (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint as Contractor (uncredited)

Walter Long as Gambling Miner (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas as First Policeman (uncredited)

Joe Smith Marba as Henchman (uncredited)

Ivor McFadden as First Lookout (uncredited)

Charles Middleton as Speaker (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer as First Man (uncredited)

James C. Morton as Vigilante (uncredited)

Mrs. Wilfrid North as Mrs. Crawford (uncredited)

Jessie Perry as Ellen - Maid (uncredited)

Lee Phelps as Second Lookout (uncredited)

Dick Rush as Vigilante Leader (uncredited)

Harry Seymour as Salesman (uncredited)

Frank Sheridan as Mulligan - Jailer (uncredited)

Claire Sinclair as Madame (uncredited)

Vera Steadman as Saloon Girl (uncredited)

Landers Stevens as Doctor (uncredited)

Eddie Sturgis as Rat Face (uncredited)

Jane Talent as Saloon Girl (uncredited)

Estelle Taylor as Saloon Girl (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook as Vigilante (uncredited)

William Wagner as Evangelist in The Occidental (uncredited)