Eleanor Parker as Marie Allen

Agnes Moorehead as Ruth Benton

Ellen Corby as Emma Barber

Hope Emerson as Evelyn Harper

Betty Garde as Kitty Stark

Jan Sterling as Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky

Lee Patrick as Elvira Powell

Olive Deering as June Roberts

Jane Darwell as Isolation Matron

Gertrude Michael as Georgia Harrison

Sheila MacRae as Helen

Gertrude Astor as Inmate (uncredited)

George Baxter as Jeffries (uncredited)

Guy Beach as Mr. Cooper (uncredited)

Don Beddoe as Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)

Gail Bonney as Inmate (uncredited)

Lovyss Bradley as Inmate (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks as Man in a Car (uncredited)

Jean Calhoun as Inmate (uncredited)

Claudia Cauldwell as Inmate (uncredited)

Pauline Creasman as Inmate (uncredited)

Marjorie Crossland as Katie "Cassie" Cassidy (uncredited)

Jane Crowley as Matron (uncredited)

Evelyn Dockson as Matron (uncredited)

Pauline Drake as Doctor's Wife (uncredited)

Marlo Dwyer as Julie O'Brien (uncredited)

Helen Eby-Rock as Inmate (uncredited)

Virginia Engels as Inmate (uncredited)

Barbara Esback as Matron (uncredited)

Edith Evanson as Miss Barker (uncredited)

Helen Gereghty as Inmate (uncredited)

Grayce Hampton as Woman (uncredited)

Grace Hayes as Mugging Matron (uncredited)

Frances Henderson as Woman (uncredited)

Gertrude Hoffmann as Millie Lewis (uncredited)

Taylor Holmes as Sen. Ted Donnolly (uncredited)

Esther Howard as Grace (uncredited)

Bill Hunter as Guard (uncredited)

Hazel Keener as Matron (uncredited)

Doris Kemper as Inmate (uncredited)

Ann Kunde as Inmate (uncredited)

Margaret Lambert as Inmate (uncredited)

Gracille LaVinder as Visiting Room Matron (uncredited)

Marie Melesh as Inmate (uncredited)

Tina Menard as Inmate (uncredited)

Charles Meredith as Parole Board Chairman (uncredited)

Joan Miller as Claire Devlin (uncredited)

Frances Morris as Mrs. Foley (uncredited)

Helen Mowery as Woman (uncredited)

Zon Murray as Prison Guard (voice) (uncredited)

Eva Nelson as Inmate (uncredited)

Joyce Newhard as Inmate (uncredited)

Rosemary O'Neil as Inmate (uncredited)

Ezelle Poule as Inmate (uncredited)

Yvonne Rob as Elaine (uncredited)

Naomi Robison as Hattie (uncredited)

Carole Shannon as Inmate (uncredited)

Lynn Sherman as Ann (uncredited)

Queenie Smith as Marie's Mother (uncredited)

Helen Spring as Woman (uncredited)

Eileen Stevens as Infirmary Nurse (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland as Inmate (uncredited)

Sheila Stuart as Velma Washington (uncredited)

Nita Talbot as Inmate (uncredited)

Wanda Tynan as Meta (uncredited)

Ann Tyrrell as Edna (uncredited)

Gladys Varden as Inmate (uncredited)

Glen Walters as Inmate (uncredited)

Harlan Warde as Dr. Ashton (uncredited)

June Whipple as Ada (uncredited)

Doris Whitney as Woman Visitor (uncredited)

Marjorie Wood as Matron (uncredited)

Peggy Wynne as Lottie (uncredited)