Paul Muni
— Sam Abelman
David Wayne
— Woodrow Thrasher
Betsy Palmer
— Anna Thrasher
Luther Adler
— Max Vogel
Claudia McNeil
— Mrs. Quincy
Joby Baker
— Myron Malkin
Joanna Moore
— Alice Taggart
Nancy R. Pollock
— Sarah Abelman
Billy Dee Williams
— Josh Quincy
Robert F. Simon
— Lyman Gattling
Dan Tobin
— Ben Loomer
Ned Glass
— Butcher (uncredited)
Paul Langton
— Jack Vickery (uncredited)
Bill Quinn
— Andrew Lord (uncredited)
George Selk
— Peddler (uncredited)
Cicely Tyson
— Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)
David Winters
— Lee Roy (uncredited)
Charles Herbert
— Woody Thrasher Jr. (uncredited)
Harry Davis
— Dannenfelser (uncredited)