Paul Muni
— Orin Nordholm Jr.
Aline MacMahon
— Anna Nordholm
Mary Astor
— Virginia Claffin Nordholm
Donald Cook
— Richard Nordholm
Jean Muir
— Selma Peterson / Granddaughter Selma
Guy Kibbee
— James Claffin
Mickey Rooney
— Otto Peterson as a Child
Patricia Ellis
— Natalie Clifton Nordholm
Theodore Newton
— Paul Nordholm
Margaret Lindsay
— Jennifer Nordholm
Gordon Westcott
— John Nordholm
Henry O'Neill
— Orin Nordholm Sr.
William Janney
— Orin Nordholm III
Douglass Dumbrille
— Buffalo Bill Cody
Alan Mowbray
— Sir Philip Ivor
Sidney Toler
— Mr. Hodgens
Anna Q. Nilsson
— Mrs. Peterson
Arthur Hohl
— Mr. Patten
Alan Dinehart
— Ogden Jarrett
Oscar Apfel
— Mr. Morley, a Banker
Wallis Clark
— Mr. Freddie McCord, a Clerk
Clay Clement
— Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer
William Burress
— Mr. Krauss, a Banker
Marjorie Gateson
— Mrs. Clinton
James Bush
— Orin III's Roommate (uncredited)
George Chandler
— Piano Player (uncredited)
Philip Faversham
— Nordholm's Clerk (uncredited)
John Elliott
— A Banker (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
— Lady at Party (uncredited)
Eddie Graham
— Steamship Clerk (uncredited)