Joan Blondell as Mary Keaton

Ann Dvorak as Vivian Revere

Bette Davis as Ruth Westcott

Virginia Davis as Mary Keaton as a Child

Anne Shirley as Vivian Revere as a Child

Betty Carse as Ruth Westcott as a Child

Warren William as Robert Kirkwood

Lyle Talbot as Michael Loftus

Humphrey Bogart as Harve

Allen Jenkins as Dick

Edward Arnold as Ace

Hardie Albright as Phil

Herman Bing as Professor Irving Finklestein (uncredited)

Clara Blandick as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)

Dick Brandon as Horace (uncredited)

Ann Brody as Mrs. Goldberg (uncredited)

Spencer Charters as Street Cleaner (uncredited)

Frankie Darro as Bobby (uncredited)

Mary Doran as Prisoner at Checkers Table (uncredited)

Patricia Ellis as Linda (uncredited)

Glenda Farrell as Vivian's Friend (uncredited)

Blanche Friderici as Miss Blazer (uncredited)

June Gittelson as Fat Prisoner (uncredited)

Hale Hamilton as Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Junior Johnston as Max (uncredited)

Jack La Rue as Ace's Henchman (uncredited)

John Marston as Detective Randall (uncredited)

Sidney Miller as Willie Goldberg (uncredited)

Grant Mitchell as Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

Buster Phelps as Robert Kirkwood Jr. (uncredited)

Stanley Price as Ace's Henchman (uncredited)

Harry Seymour as Jerry Carter (uncredited)

Carolyn Spahn as Girl (uncredited)

Sheila Terry as Naomi (uncredited)

Adele Watson as Ship's Nurse (uncredited)

Jack Webb as Boy in Schoolyard (uncredited)