Richard Widmark as Ray Biddle

Linda Darnell as Edie Johnson

Sidney Poitier as Luther Brooks

Stephen McNally as Dan Wharton

Mildred Joanne Smith as Cora Brooks

Harry Bellaver as George Biddle

Stanley Ridges as Sam Moreland

Dots Johnson as Lefty Jones

Robert Adler as Louie (uncredited)

Ernest Anderson as School Teacher (uncredited)

Jessie Arnold as Woman (uncredited)

Eleanor Audley as Wife (uncredited)

Polly Bailey as Woman (uncredited)

Betsy Blair as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Eileen Boyer as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Harry Carter as Orderly (uncredited)

Ken Christy as Ed Kowlaski (uncredited)

Charles J. Conrad as Doctor (uncredited)

Jack Daley as Man (uncredited)

Ossie Davis as John Brooks (uncredited)

Ruby Dee as Connie Brooks (uncredited)

Wade Dumas as Jonah (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn as Sam (uncredited)

Elzie Emanuel as Student (uncredited)

Francine Everett as Woman (uncredited)

Charles Ferguson as Man Leaving Hospital (uncredited)

Bert Freed as Rocky Miller (uncredited)

Alyce Goering as Woman (uncredited)

Fred Graham as Wilson (uncredited)

Joe Hartman as Doctor (uncredited)

Gil Herman as Doctor (uncredited)

Don Hicks as Doctor (uncredited)

Ralph Hodges as Terry (uncredited)

Ray Hyke as Orderly (uncredited)

Thomas Ingersoll as Priest (uncredited)

Johnnie Jallings as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Berneice Janssen as Secretary (uncredited)

Frank Jaquet as Mr. Reilly (uncredited)

J. Louis Johnson as Elderly Black Man (uncredited)

Stan Johnson as Intern (uncredited)

Doris Kemper as Wife (uncredited)

Victor Kilian as Father (uncredited)

Don Kohler as Orderly (uncredited)

Jack Kruschen as (uncredited)

Marie Lampe as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Harry Lauter as Orderly (uncredited)

Herbert Lytton as Doctor (uncredited)

Kathy Marlowe as Woman (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy as Riley (uncredited)

Eda Reiss Merin as Nurse (uncredited)

Daniel Meyers as Man (uncredited)

Howard M. Mitchell as Bailiff (uncredited)

Al Murphy as Cab Driver (uncredited)

Frederick O'Neal as Man (uncredited)

Kitty O'Neil as Landlady (uncredited)

Frank Overton as Intern (uncredited)

Dick Paxton as Johnny Biddle (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper as Woman (uncredited)

Maudie Prickett as Woman (uncredited)

William Pullen as Ambulance Doctor (uncredited)

Amanda Randolph as Gladys (uncredited)

Frank Richards as Mac (uncredited)

Davis Roberts as Heckler at Riot Meeting (uncredited)

Jerry Sheldon as Doctor (uncredited)

Kathryn Sheldon as Mother (uncredited)

Maude Simmons as Luther's Mother (uncredited)

Emmett Smith as Joe (uncredited)

Ray Teal as Day Deputy in Hospital Prison Ward (uncredited)

Art Thompson as Doctor (uncredited)

Gertrude Tighe as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Jim Toney as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Phil Tully as Sergeant (uncredited)

George Tyne as Whitey (uncredited)

Ann Tyrrell as Nurse (uncredited)

Ruth Warren as Sam's Wife (uncredited)

William Washington as Student (uncredited)

Duke Watson as Gas Station Attendent (uncredited)

Jasper Weldon as Henry (uncredited)

Ruben Wendorf as Polish Husband (uncredited)

Leola Wendorff as Polish Wife (uncredited)

John Whitney as Assistant (uncredited)

Mack Williams as Husband (uncredited)

Ian Wolfe as Watkins (uncredited)

Will Wright as Dr. Cheney (uncredited)

Ann Morrison as Nurse (uncredited)

Charles Flynn as Deputy (uncredited)