James Cagney as Jake MacIllaney

Shirley Jones as Linda Cabot

Roger Smith as Dan Cabot

Cara Williams as Winnipeg Simmons

Nehemiah Persoff as Pinelli

Royal Dano as Words Cannon

Anthony Caruso as Lt. Tevis

Horace McMahon as O.K. Merritt

Jack Albertson as Sleep-Out Charlie Barnes

Robert J. Wilke as Lennie

Virginia Vincent as Ginger

Roland Winters as Doctor

Herbie Faye as Hymie

Billy M. Greene as Ed Barton

Barry Russo as Ward (as John Duke)

Jack Orrison as Osborne

Ingrid Goude as Model

Kenneth Konopka as Stevedore

Johnny Seven as Joe