Herschel Bernardi
— Nahum Favel Weissenfreund
Georgia Brown
— Salche Weissenfreund
Harold Gould
— Sol Wurtzel
Walter Matthau
— Boris Thomashevsky
Michael Kidd
— Paul Muni
Hildy Brooks
— Bella
Allan Kolman
— Joseph Weisenfreund
Jack Bernardi
— The Beggar
Howard Duff
— Winfield Sheehan
Billy Goldenberg
— The Pianist
Robert H. Harris
— Jacob Adler
George Janek
— Young Elya Weisenfreud
Shirley Kirkes
— The Bride
Monica Lewis
— Zelda
Jeff Lynas
— Munya, age 14
Ezra Stone
— Morris