Bette Davis as Stanley Timberlake Kingsmill

Olivia de Havilland as Roy Timberlake

George Brent as Craig Fleming

Dennis Morgan as Peter Kingsmill

Charles Coburn as William Fitzroy

Frank Craven as Asa Timberlake

Billie Burke as Lavinia Timberlake

Hattie McDaniel as Minerva Clay

Lee Patrick as Betty Wilmoth

Mary Servoss as Charlotte Fitzroy

Ernest Anderson as Parry Clay

William B. Davidson as Jim Purdy

Edward Fielding as Dr. Buchanan

John Hamilton as Police Inspector Millett

William Forrest as Forest Ranger

Eddie Acuff as Worker (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin as Worker (uncredited)

Al Bridge as Worker (uncredited)

Walter Brooke as Cab Driver (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler as Policeman Fallon (uncredited)

Dudley Dickerson as Waiter (uncredited)

Frank Fanning as Police Detective with Millett (uncredited)

Ruth Ford as Mother of Accident Victim (uncredited)

Eddie Graham as Police Telephone Operator #2 (uncredited)

Jester Hairston as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood as Worker (uncredited)

Walter Huston as Bartender (uncredited)

Freddie Jackson as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey as Jailer (uncredited)

Reid Kilpatrick as Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Frank Mayo as Policeman in Car (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Patrick McVey as Minor Role (uncredited)

Billy Mitchell as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Sunshine Sammy Morrison as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Jack Mower as Minor Role (uncredited)

Lee Phelps as Police Telephone Operator (uncredited)

George H. Reed as Fitzroy's Butler (uncredited)

Napoleon Simpson as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Elliott Sullivan as Worker (uncredited)

Billy Wayne as Customer (uncredited)

Buck Woods as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)