Glenn Ford as Frank Warren

Nina Foch as Judith Warren

James Whitmore as George Pappas

Barry Kelley as Attorney Edward J. O'Rourke

Frank Tweddell as Inspector Herzog

Howard St. John as Joseph S. Horan

John F. Hamilton as Police Desk Sergeant Shannon

Leo Penn as Sidney Gordon

Joan Lazer as Rosa Rocco

Esther Minciotti as Maria Rocco

Angela Clarke as Theresa Rocco

Anthony Caruso as Salvatore Rocco

Robert Osterloh as Emanuel 'Manny' Zanger

Kay Medford as Gladys LaVerne

Patricia Barry as Muriel Gordon

David Bauer as Stanley Weinburg

Richard Bartell as Bailiff

Peter Brocco as Johnny (uncredited)

John Butler as Grocer / Bookie

Wheaton Chambers as Parker's Secretary

Marcella Cisney as Alice Ferguson

Michael Cisney as Michael Cisney

Tom Coleman as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Roy Darmour as Hoodlum

George Douglas as District Attorney

Jim Drum as Policeman

Sidney Dubin as Harris

Ben Erway as Court Clerk

Virginia Farmer as Mrs. Weisner

John George as Onlooker at Murder Scene (uncredited)

Everett Glass as Judge Allen F. Parker (uncredited)

Jack Gordon as Hoodlum (uncredited)

Sol Gorss as Joseph Clark - Hoodlum (uncredited)

Kit Guard as Passerby

Robert Haines as Coroner's Office Phone Clerk

Tom Hanlon as Newsreel Announcer

John Ireland as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Ted Jordan as Hoodlum (uncredited)

Paul Kruger as Malibu Policeman

Pat Lane as Policeman

Robert Malcolm as Malibu Policeman

Cy Malis as Hoodlum

Joe Mantell as Newsboy (uncredited)

Paul Marion as Hoodlum

Irene Martin as

Allen Mathews as Policeman

Edwin Max as Horse Parlor Manager

Frank Mayo as Jury Foreman

Daniel Meyers as

Silvio Minciotti as Vendor

Al Murphy as

Billy Nelson as Horse Parlor Bouncer (uncredited)

Brian O'Hara as Policeman

Joe Palma as Policeman

Franklin Parker as

Rose Plumer as Rocco Tenement Resident

Ed Randolph as

Stella LeSaint as

William Rhinehart as Gunman

Wally Rose as Hoodlum

Cosmo Sardo as Man Departing Train

Bernard Sell as

Larry Steers as Man in Movie Audience

Bert Stevens as Plainclothesman

Bill Stubbs as Gambler

Glen Thompson as Hoodlum

Arthur Tovey as Federal Agent Guarding Witnesses (uncredited)

William Vedder as Druggist

Peter Virgo as Cigar-Store Owner / Bookie

Ralph Volkie as Big Man

Helen Wallace as Mrs. O'Rourke (uncredited)

Harlan Warde as Hoodlum

Than Wyenn as Cabbie

Esther Zeitlin as