James Cagney as Matt Nolan

Loretta Young as Sue Riley Nolan

George E. Stone as Skeets

Guy Kibbee as Mack 'Pop' Riley

Leila Bennett as Ruby

Dorothy Burgess as Marie Costa

David Landau as Buck Gerard

Ray Cooke as Danny Nolan

Nat Pendleton as Bull Martin (uncredited)

Joe Barton as Jewish Man with Cop (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor as Cop with Jewish Man (uncredited)

George Raft as William Kenny (uncredited)

Polly Walters as Danny's Date Polly (uncredited)

Evalyn Knapp as Actress in Movie Clip (uncredited)

Donald Cook as Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)

Jesse De Vorska as Goldfarb (uncredited)

Berton Churchill as Judge West (uncredited)

George MacFarlane as Father Nulty (uncredited)

Hector V. Sarno as Mr. Lombardy (uncredited)

Matt McHugh as Joe Silva (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook as Cab Driver Tom (uncredited)

Florence Turner as Trial Spectator (uncredited)