Dana Andrews as State's Attorney Henry L. Harvey

Jane Wyatt as Madge Harvey

Lee J. Cobb as Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson

Cara Williams as Irene Nelson

Arthur Kennedy as John Waldron

Sam Levene as Morning Record's Reporter Dave Woods

Taylor Holmes as T.M. Wade

Robert Keith as 'Mac' McCreery

Ed Begley as Paul Harris

Philip Coolidge as Jim Crossman

Bert Freed as Herron, a Man in Alley Mob

Reed Hadley as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Brian Keith as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)

Karl Malden as Det. Lt. White (uncredited)

Arthur Miller as Line-Up Suspect

Leona Roberts as Mrs. Crossman

Frank Overton as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)

Harry Davis as Reporter

Anthony Ross as Warren

Wyrley Birch as Father George A. Lambert

Harry Landers as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

James Dobson as Bill - Cub Reporter (uncredited)

William Challee as Whitney - Harvey's Assistant (uncredited)