Paul Muni as James Allen

Glenda Farrell as Marie Woods

Helen Vinson as Helen

Noel Francis as Linda

Preston Foster as Pete

Allen Jenkins as Barney Sykes

Berton Churchill as The Judge

Edward Ellis as Bomber Wells

David Landau as The Warden

Hale Hamilton as Rev. Allen

Sally Blane as Alice

Louise Carter as Mother

Everett Brown as Sebastian T. Yale - Strong Prisoner

Willard Robertson as Prison Board Chairman

Robert McWade as F.E. Ramsey

Robert Warwick as Fuller

William Le Maire as A Texan

Charles Middleton as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe as Café Chateau Dancer (uncredited)

Wallis Clark as Chicago Lawyer (uncredited)

Erville Alderson as Police Chief (uncredited)

Irving Bacon as Bill - Barber (uncredited)

Reginald Barlow as Mr. Parker (uncredited)

James Bell as Red (uncredited)

Frederick Burton as Southern Prison Official (uncredited)

A.S. Byron as Cop in Barber Shop (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy as Cop (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler as Job Foreman (uncredited)

G. Pat Collins as Wilson (uncredited)

George Cooper as Vaudevillian (uncredited)

Jack Curtis as Prison Guard (uncredited)

Harry Woods as Prison Guard (uncredited)

John Marston as Prison Commissioner (uncredited)

Douglass Dumbrille as District Attorney (uncredited)

J. Frank Glendon as Arresting Officer (uncredited)

Lee Shumway as Arresting Officer (uncredited)

Lew Kelly as Diner Cook (uncredited)

Jack La Rue as Ackerman (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint as Chamber of Commerce Chairman (uncredited)

Walter Long as Blacksmith (uncredited)

Jack Low as Big Prisoner (uncredited)

Edward McNamara as Second Warden (uncredited)

William Pawley as Doggy (uncredited)

Charles Sellon as Hot Dog Stand Owner (uncredited)

Allen D. Sewall as Train Station Guard (uncredited)

William H. Strauss as Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Sheila Terry as Allen's Secretary (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Marine on Ship (uncredited)

Jack Wise as Tailor (uncredited)

John Wray as Nordine (uncredited)