Bette Davis as Alicia Hull

Brian Keith as Paul Duncan

Kim Hunter as Martha Lockridge

Paul Kelly as Judge Robert Ellerbe

Joe Mantell as George Slater

Kevin Coughlin as Freddie Slater

Sally Brophy as Laura Slater

Curtis Cooksey as Stacey Martin

Kathryn Grant as Hazel Levering

Edward Platt as Rev. Wilson

Howard Wierum as Mayor Levering

Michael Raffetto as Edgar Greenbaum

Joseph Kearns as Mr. Morrisey

Howard Wendell as Sen. Bascomb

Burt Mustin as Carl (uncredited)