Edward G. Robinson
— John R. Ingram
Ruth Hussey
— Helen Ingram
Gene Lockhart
— William 'Bill' Ramey
Bobs Watson
— Hank Ingram
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
— Moose McCarthy
John Wray
— Convict Diggs
Arthur Hohl
— Rawlins
Esther Dale
— Sarah
Trevor Bardette
— Southern Deputy (uncredited)
Willie Best
— Bunny - the Janitor (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
— Oil Worker (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
— Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Ed Brady
— Prisoner Worrying About Dick Tracy (uncredited)
Everett Brown
— Black Prisoner (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
— Prisoner Boss Brown (uncredited)
George Cooper
— Released Prisoner Hawley (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
— Mr. Blaine (uncredited)
Jack Daley
— Policeman (uncredited)
Frank Darien
— Ramey's Oil-Well Watchman (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson
— Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Joe Dominguez
— Pedro (uncredited)
Harry Fleischmann
— Oil Worker (uncredited)
Robert Homans
— Cooper (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
— Southern Sheriff (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
— Warden Frank Miller (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
— Oil Worker (uncredited)
Robert Middlemass
— Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
— Southern Deputy (uncredited)
Art Miles
— First Truck Driver (uncredited)
Ivan Miller
— Detective Webber (uncredited)