Barbara Stanwyck as Hannah Sempler Hoyt

Joel McCrea as Mr. Sempler

Brian Donlevy as Steely Edwards

K.T. Stevens as Girl Biographer

Thurston Hall as Mr. Sempler

Lloyd Corrigan as Mr. Cadwallader

Etta McDaniel as Delilah

William B. Davidson as Sen. Knobs

Lillian Yarbo as Mandy

Helen Lynd as Bettina

Mary Treen as Persis

Lucien Littlefield as City Editor

John Hamilton as Sen. Grant

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Pogey

George Irving as Dr. Adams (uncredited)

Charles Lane as Pierce (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz as Hank Allen (uncredited)

Damian O'Flynn as Burns (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley as Officer Murphy (uncredited)

Frank M. Thomas as Frisbee

Irving Bacon as Parson

Hank Bell as Man #1, Hoyt City

Monte Blue as Man #2, Hoyt City

Horace B. Carpenter as Man in Saloon

George Chandler as Forbes

David Clyde as Bartender

Tom Coleman as Spectator at Dedication

Tex Cooper as Wagon Train Man

Tex Driscoll as Wagon Train Member

Fern Emmett as City Editor's Secretary

Sam Harris as Politician on Dais

G.P. Huntley as Quentin

Jack Kenny as Man in Saloon

Ethan Laidlaw as Man in Saloon

Larry Lawson as Man #3, Hoyt City

Buck Mack as Bartender

Lee Moore as Gambler

Ottola Nesmith as Mrs. Frisbee

Anna Q. Nilsson as Paula Wales

Milton Parsons as Foreman

Bob Perry as Miner

Lee Phelps as Chairman

Tex Phelps as Townsman

John Roy as Man in Saloon

Eleanor Stewart as Miss Frisbee

Dorothy Vernon as Spectator at Dedication

Charles Williams as Assayer