James Cagney as Albert 'Bert' Harris

Joan Blondell as Anne Roberts

Louis Calhern as 'Dapper Dan' Barker

Noel Francis as Helen Wilson

Ray Milland as Joe Reynolds

Guy Kibbee as A. Rupert Johnson Jr.

Polly Walters as Peggy

William Burress as Colonel Bellock

Maude Eburne as Mrs. Snyder

Nat Pendleton as Hank aka Pete

Wade Boteler as Detective (uncredited)

Ray Cooke as Jimmy the Bellhop (uncredited)

Richard Cramer as Cabbie (uncredited)

Bill Elliott as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Peter Erkelenz as Kansas City Dutch (uncredited)

Dick Gordon as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Sherry Hall as Tobacco Counterman (uncredited)

Lew Harvey as Driver (uncredited)

Ben Hendricks Jr. as Tough Guy on Dance Floor (uncredited)

Charles Lane as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Otto Lederer as Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Russell Hopton as Jerry (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Edward Martindel as Jeweler (uncredited)

Frank McLure as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Edward Morgan as Bellhop (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Walter Percival as Lee (uncredited)

Cliff Saum as Mike (uncredited)

Philip Sleeman as Conman (uncredited)

Lucille Ward as Prison Matron (uncredited)