James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett

Priscilla Lane as Jean Sherman

Humphrey Bogart as George Hally

Gladys George as Panama Smith

Jeffrey Lynn as Lloyd Hart

Frank McHugh as Danny Green

Paul Kelly as Nick Brown

Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Sherman

Edward Keane as Henderson

Joe Sawyer as The Sergeant

Joseph Crehan as Michaels

George Meeker as Masters

John Hamilton as Judge

Robert Elliott as First Detective

Eddy Chandler as Second Detective

Abner Biberman as Henchman

Vera Lewis as Mrs. Gray

John Deering as Narrator (voice)

Eddie Acuff as Cabbie (uncredited)

Ernie Alexander as Bootleg Customer (uncredited)

Murray Alper as Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)

Robert Armstrong as Hatted Passerby Before Nightclub (uncredited)

Raymond Bailey as 2nd Ex-Con (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

James Blaine as Club Doorman (uncredited)

Max Blum as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Wade Boteler as Policeman in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Al Bridge as Ship Captain (uncredited)

Paul Bryar as Gangster (uncredited)

Nat Carr as Waiter (uncredited)

Glen Cavender as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Clay Clement as Bramfield (uncredited)

Ann Codee as Saleswoman (uncredited)

James Conaty as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Ray Cooke as Orderly (uncredited)

Calvin Coolidge as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles Corrigan as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Maurice Costello as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Kernan Cripps as Cop (uncredited)

Alan Davis as Vermont Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Joe Devlin as Order-Taker (uncredited)

Bill Elliott as Bootlegger (uncredited)

James Flavin as Policeman (uncredited)

Bess Flowers as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Curt Furburg as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Fred Graham as Henchman Eddie Pushes Over Railing (uncredited)

Creighton Hale as Customer (uncredited)

Bert Hanlon as Pianist (uncredited)

Carl Harbaugh as Street-Cleaner (uncredited)

Sam Harris as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

John Harron as Soldier (uncredited)

Eddie Hart as Store Doorman (uncredited)

Lew Harvey as 3rd Ex-Con (uncredited)

Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian as First Mate (uncredited)

Al Herman as Gorman Gin-Taster (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood as Pop (uncredited)

Al Hill as 1st Ex-Con (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harry Hollingsworth as Customer (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes as Taxi Passenger (uncredited)

Herbert Hoover as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George Humbert as Luigi (uncredited)

Lloyd Ingraham as Official in Montage (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers as Joe - The Bartender (uncredited)

Jane Jones as Singing Trio Member (uncredited)

Mel Kalish as Singing Trio Member (uncredited)

Don Thaddeus Kerr as Bobby Hart (uncredited)

Donald Kerr as Cabbie (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee as Cabbie (uncredited)

Reid Kilpatrick as Announcer (uncredited)

Mike Lally as Gangster (uncredited)

Alfred Linder as Foreman (uncredited)

George Lloyd as Singing Trio Member (uncredited)

Arthur Loft as Still Proprietor (uncredited)

Charles Marsh as Timid Man (uncredited)

Frank Mayo as Policeman (uncredited)

King Mojave as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Philip Morris as Policeman (uncredited)

Jack Mower as Guard (uncredited)

Benito Mussolini as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wendell Niles as Self - Announcer (uncredited)

Field Norton as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Jack Norton as Drunk at Henderson Club (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley as Jailer (uncredited)

Oscar O'Shea as Customer (uncredited)

David Oliver as Policeman (uncredited)

Emory Parnell as Gangster (uncredited)

William Pawley as Cabdriver (uncredited)

Lee Phelps as Bailiff (uncredited)

Paul Phillips as Mike (uncredited)

John J. Richardson as Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)

John Ridgely as Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)

Cyril Ring as Charlie (uncredited)

Warren Rock as Gangster (uncredited)

Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Don Rowan as Gangster (uncredited)

Hector V. Sarno as Warehouse Boss (uncredited)

Cliff Saum as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre as Order-Taker (uncredited)

Bruce Sidney as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

John St. Clair as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan as Freighter Crew Member (uncredited)

Elliott Sullivan as Eddie's Cellmate (uncredited)

Westbrook Van Voorhis as Himself - Narrator (uncredited)

Max Wagner as Gangster (uncredited)

Billy Wayne as Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)

Ben Welden as Tavern Proprietor (uncredited)

Dick Wessel as Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)

Leo White as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox as Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)

Lottie Williams as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Norman Willis as Bootlegger (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson as Policeman (uncredited)

Robert Dobson as Lieutenant