Will Rogers as Judge William Pitman 'Billy' Priest

Tom Brown as Jerome Priest

Anita Louise as Ellie May Gillespie

Henry B. Walthall as Reverend Ashby Brand

David Landau as Bob Gillis

Rochelle Hudson as Virginia Maydew

Roger Imhof as Billy Gaynor

Frank Melton as Fleming "Flem" Talley

Charley Grapewin as Sergeant Jimmy Bagby

Berton Churchill as Senator Horace Maydew

Brenda Fowler as Mrs. Caroline Priest

Francis Ford as Juror No. 12

Hattie McDaniel as Aunt Dilsey

Stepin Fetchit as Jeff Poindexter