Barbara Stanwyck as Melsa Manton

Henry Fonda as Peter Ames

Sam Levene as Lieutenant Brent

Frances Mercer as Helen Frayne

Stanley Ridges as Edward Norris

Whitney Bourne as Pat James

Vickie Lester as Kit Beverly

Ann Evers as Lee Wilson

Catherine O'Quinn as Dora Fenton

Linda Perry as Myra Frost

Eleanor Hansen as Jane

Hattie McDaniel as Hilda

James Burke as Sullivan

Paul Guilfoyle as Bat Regan

Penny Singleton as Frances Glesk

Leona Maricle as Sheila Lane

Kay Sutton as Gloria Hamilton

Miles Mander as Fred Thomas

John Qualen as Night Watchman at Subway Construction Site

Grady Sutton as Secretary to District Attorney

Olin Howland as Mr. X, the Safecracker

Frank Anthony as Policeman (uncredited)

Irving Bacon as Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)

Harry A. Bailey as Booking Sergeant (uncredited)

Ed Brady as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Lynton Brent as Clerk (uncredited)

John Butler as Waiter (uncredited)

Harry Campbell as Harold (uncredited)

James Carlisle as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler as Detective with Machine Gun (uncredited)

George Chandler as Newspaper Staff (uncredited)

William Corson as Ronnie Belden (uncredited)

Tom Costello as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Wade Crosby as Writer (uncredited)

Virginia Dabney as Secretary (uncredited)

George DeNormand as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Mary Jo Desmond as Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)

Paul Everton as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

Harry Fleischmann as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Bess Flowers as Guest at Charity Ball (uncredited)

Byron Foulger as Assistant News Editor (uncredited)

Otto Fries as Homicide Detective (uncredited)

Charles Halton as Popsie (uncredited)

Vinton Hayworth as Peter's Secretary (uncredited)

Donald Kerr as Ben - Melsa's Chauffeur (uncredited)

Mike Lally as Las Palmas Club Dance Floor Extra (uncredited)

Buck Mack as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

George Magrill as Policeman (uncredited)

Matt McHugh as Frisco - False Waiter (uncredited)

Charles McMurphy as Policeman (uncredited)

Robert Middlemass as District Attorney (uncredited)

Lillian Miles as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Robert Mitchell as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie as Managing Editor (uncredited)

Ted Oliver as Detective (uncredited)

Emory Parnell as Doorman (uncredited)

Harvey Parry as Stuntman (uncredited)

Gerald Pierce as Newsboy (uncredited)

Fred Rapport as Headwaiter (uncredited)

Jack Rice as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Walter Sande as Jim - Investigator for Peter (uncredited)

Buster Slaven as Messenger Boy with Telegrams (uncredited)

Cy Slocum as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Michael Stark as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Bert Stevens as Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)

Jean Stevens as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan as Police Detective (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

William Tannen as Drunk Who Trips in Las Palmas Club (uncredited)

Carlie Taylor as Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)

Edward Thomas as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Charles Trowbridge as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Russell Wade as Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)

Pauline Wagner as Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)

Pierre Watkin as Mr. Fenton (uncredited)

Barrett Whitelaw as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Douglas Williams as Policeman (uncredited)

Clarence Wilson as Norris' Attorney (uncredited)

Jane Woodworth as Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)

Oliver Cross as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Tom Ferrandini as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)