Warner Baxter
— Jim Lovett
Wallace Beery
— Jack Thompson
Elizabeth Allan
— Nancy Marlowe
Mickey Rooney
— Swifty
George Sanders
— Lefty
Joseph Schildkraut
— Danelo
Jane Darwell
— Mrs. Marlowe
Minna Gombell
— Mabel
Francis Ford
— Scraps
Miles Mander
— Corey
Arthur Hohl
— Grimes
Billy Bevan
— Atkins
Edwin Maxwell
— Auctioneer
Holmes Herbert
— Commander
Paul Hurst
— Drunk
J. Farrell MacDonald
— Proprietor
Charles Middleton
— Slave Dealer
Marilyn Knowlden
— Girl
Douglas Scott
— Boy
J.P. McGowan
— Helmsman
DeWitt Jennings
— Snodgrass
Jane Jones
— Ma Belcher
Dorothy Christy
— Blonde
Dewey Robinson
— Bartender
Herbert Heywood
— Old Man
Winter Hall
— Minister
Arthur Aylesworth
— Stranger
Bull Anderson
— Crew Member
Matthew Beard
— Black Boy on Pier
Scotty Beckett
— Boy