Clark Gable as Cpt Alan Gaskell

Jean Harlow as Dolly 'China Doll' Portland

Wallace Beery as Jamesy MacArdle

Lewis Stone as Tom Davids

Rosalind Russell as Sybil Barclay

Dudley Digges as Dawson

C. Aubrey Smith as Sir Guy Wilmerding

Robert Benchley as Charlie McCaleb

William Henry as Rockwell

Liev De Maigret as Mrs. Vollberg

Lilian Bond as Mrs. Timmons

Edward Brophy as Wilbur Timmons

Soo Yong as Yu-Lan

Carol Ann Beery as Carol Ann

Akim Tamiroff as Paul Romanoff

Ivan Lebedeff as Ngah

Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)

Hattie McDaniel as Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)

Malcolm McGregor as Atkins (uncredited)

Donald Meek as Chess Player (uncredited)

Willie Fung as Cabin Boy Ah Sing (uncredited)

Daisy Belmore as Martha, Sybil's Maid (uncredited)

Barlowe Borland as Willett, Royal Canada Bank (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley as Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Fred Farrell as Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty as Second Officer Kingston (uncredited)

Chester Gan as Rickshaw Boy (uncredited)

Tom Gubbins as Ship's Officer / Sergeant of the Guards (uncredited)

Sherry Hall as Ship's Engineer (uncredited)

Sam Harris as Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Forrester Harvey as Chief Steward Ted Gary (uncredited)

John Ince as Ship's Pilot (uncredited)

Charles Irwin as Bertie the Purser (uncredited)

Tetsu Komai as Malay Pirate (uncredited)

Eddie Lee as Sailor on Bridge (uncredited)

Richard Loo as Chinese Inspector at Gangplank (uncredited)

Ferdinand Munier as Police Superintendent (uncredited)

Beatrice Roberts as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)

Loretta Russell as Ship Passenger (uncredited)

James Wang as Trapshooting Attendant (uncredited)

Bobby Watson as Man on Dock with McCaleb (uncredited)