Tom Conway as Theodore 'Step' Allison

Ann Rutherford as Patty Mitchell

Richard Lane as Al Haley

Lester Matthews as Mark Evans

Roland Drew as Steve Maitland

Emory Parnell as Insp. Bill Brenner

Jane Greer as Helen Carter (as Bettejane Greer)

Jean Brooks as Barbara Borden

Bob Alden as Newsboy (uncredited)

Chester Clute as Mr. Daniels (uncredited)

Tom Coleman as Waiter (uncredited)

Harold De Becker as Wilbur Judson (Dilling's Butler) (uncredited)

Jack Deery as Club Patron (uncredited)

Chris Drake as Assistant Editor (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn as Policeman at Clothing Store (uncredited)

Sarah Edwards as Mrs. Tuttle (Patty's Landlady) (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum as Club Patron (uncredited)

Charles Fogel as Club Patron (uncredited)

Edmund Glover as O'Brien (uncredited)

Stuart Hall as Club Patron (uncredited)

Carl Kent as Dave Rennick (uncredited)

Nancy Marlowe as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

Philip Morris as Police Officer McCord (uncredited)

Jack Norton as Drunk at Blue Room Bar (uncredited)

Foster H. Phinney as Club Patron (uncredited)

Greg Rhinelander as Club Patron (uncredited)

Elaine Riley as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Maxine Semon as Maid (uncredited)

Almira Sessions as Mrs. Daniels (uncredited)

Bryant Washburn as Robert Dilling (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson as Brant - City Editor (uncredited)

Guy Zanette as Headwaiter (uncredited)