James Cagney as Dan

Mae Clarke as Myra

Margaret Lindsay as Lois

Leslie Fenton as Duke

Douglass Dumbrille as Spade

Russell Hopton as Smiley

Raymond Hatton as Pete

Henry O'Neill as Ramick

Robert Elliott as Brannigan

Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Marley

Willard Robertson as Detective Conroy

William B. Davidson as Director Williams

Douglas Cosgrove as Detective Jones

Lowden Adams as Lois' Butler (uncredited)

Luis Alberni as Director (uncredited)

Joseph Belmont as Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict as Charlie, the Fence (uncredited)

Harry Beresford as Dr. Crane (uncredited)

Herman Bing as Western Director (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley as Man with Purse (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

James Burke as Panhandler (uncredited)

George Chandler as George Thompson (uncredited)

Spencer Charters as Los Angeles Cop (uncredited)

Ray Cooke as Prop Man (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn as Monkey Delivery Man (uncredited)

Peggy Graves as Girl at Party (uncredited)

Harrison Greene as Tour Guide to Movie Star's Homes (uncredited)

Lew Harvey as Lew (uncredited)

Grace Hayle as Fido's Owner (uncredited)

Al Hill as Casino Bouncer (uncredited)

Harry Holman as J.B. Roland (uncredited)

Robert Homans as Jailer (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten as Mr. Marley's Butler (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell as Jeffries, the Theatre Manager (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel as Porter (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Henry Otho as Movie Guard Decked by Dan (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson as Movie Patron (uncredited)

Cliff Saum as Cliff, the Assistant Director (uncredited)

Frank Sheridan as O’Brien, Los Angeles Police Chief (uncredited)

Harry Strang as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

Phil Tead as Seymour, Sergeant of Theatre Ushers (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook as Monkey Delivery Man (uncredited)

Pauline Wagner as Glamour Girl at Coconut Grove (uncredited)

Harold Waldridge as Quigley's Letter Handler (uncredited)

Clarence Wilson as Lawyer (uncredited)

Jack Don Wong as Quigley's Houseboy (uncredited)

Tammany Young as Slug, a Movie Patron (uncredited)