Wallace Beery
— Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
Lewis Stone
— Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
Johnny Mack Brown
— Hank Rogers
Jean Harlow
— Anne Courtland
Marjorie Rambeau
— Peaches
Paul Hurst
— Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
Clark Gable
— Carl Luckner
Ralph Bellamy
— Johnny Franks
John Miljan
— Joe Colimo
DeWitt Jennings
— Chief of Police Donlin
Murray Kinnell
— Metz - the Dummy
Fletcher Norton
— Jimmy Delano
Louis Natheaux
— Eddie
Frank McGlynn Sr.
— Judge
Theodore von Eltz
— District Attorney Keeler
Lynton Brent
— Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Giblyn
— Mr. Simms - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
Joseph W. Girard
— Official (uncredited)
Betty Lawson
— Undertermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Tom London
— Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)
George Magrill
— Police Guard at Jailhouse (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
— Smelts - Waiter (uncredited)
Oscar Rudolph
— Ivan Colimo (uncredited)
Hector Sarno
— Finko (uncredited)
Carol Tevis
— Manicurist (uncredited)
Walter Walker
— Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)
S.D. Wilcox
— Protesting Man in Courtroom (uncredited)