Warner Baxter as Jim Lovett

Wallace Beery as Jack Thompson

Elizabeth Allan as Nancy Marlowe

Mickey Rooney as Swifty

George Sanders as Lefty

Joseph Schildkraut as Danelo

Jane Darwell as Mrs. Marlowe

Minna Gombell as Mabel

Francis Ford as Scraps

Miles Mander as Corey

Arthur Hohl as Grimes

Billy Bevan as Atkins

Edwin Maxwell as Auctioneer

Holmes Herbert as Commander

Paul Hurst as Drunk

J. Farrell MacDonald as Proprietor

Charles Middleton as Slave Dealer

Marilyn Knowlden as Girl

Douglas Scott as Boy

J.P. McGowan as Helmsman

DeWitt Jennings as Snodgrass

Jane Jones as Ma Belcher

Dorothy Christy as Blonde

Dewey Robinson as Bartender

Herbert Heywood as Old Man

Winter Hall as Minister

Arthur Aylesworth as Stranger

Bull Anderson as Crew Member

Matthew Beard as Black Boy on Pier

Scotty Beckett as Boy

John Bleifer as Crew Member

Sven Hugo Borg as Crew Member

Anita Brown as Slave Woman

George Bruggeman as Crew Member

James P. Burtis as Waiter

John Burton as Officer

Jack Byron as Crew Member

Lon Chaney Jr. as Laborer Killed at Launching

Russ Clark as Laborer

Richard Clarke as Crew Member

Larry Dods as Crew Member

George Du Count as Crew Member

Bobby Dunn as Crew Member

Eddie Dunn as Ostler

Art Dupuis as Crew Member

Otto Fries as Singer

Chester Gan as Crew Member

Roy Glenn as Slave in Ship's Hold

Charles Griffin as Crew Member

Mel Kalish as Singer

Fred Kelsey as Seaman at Auction

Tom Kennedy as Bartender

Edward LeSaint as Seaman at Auction

Jack Low as Crew Member

Frank Meredith as Crew Member

James C. Morton as Waiter

Remington Olmsted as Crew Member

Lionel Pape as Commander

Len Powers as Crew Member (uncredited)

Robert St. Angelo as Crew Member

Landers Stevens as Owner

Jack Stoney as Crew Member

Dale Van Sickel as Crew Member

John Wallace as Crew Member