Richard Carlson as John Putnam

Barbara Rush as Ellen Fields

Charles Drake as Sheriff Matt Warren

Joe Sawyer as Frank Daylon

Russell Johnson as George

Kathleen Hughes as Jane Dean

Dave Willock as Pete Davis (uncredited)

Alan Dexter as Dave Loring (uncredited)

George Eldredge as Dr. Snell (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing as Sam, a hobo (uncredited)

George Selk as Tom, a hobo (uncredited)

Bradford Jackson as Bob, Snell's assistant (uncredited)

Robert Carson as Dugan, reporter (uncredited)

Whitey Haupt as Perry, a boy (uncredited)

Virginia Mullen as Mrs. Daylon (uncredited)

William Pullen as Deputy Reed (uncredited)

Richard H. Cutting as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks as Unidentified Posse Man (unconfirmed)

Ned Davenport as Man Outside Newspaper Office (unconfirmed)

Dick Pinner as Reporter with Dugan (extra) (uncredited)

Casey MacGregor as Toby, a Hobo (uncredited)