James Cagney
— Albert 'Bert' Harris
Joan Blondell
— Anne Roberts
Louis Calhern
— 'Dapper Dan' Barker
Noel Francis
— Helen Wilson
Ray Milland
— Joe Reynolds
Guy Kibbee
— A. Rupert Johnson Jr.
Polly Walters
— Peggy
William Burress
— Colonel Bellock
Maude Eburne
— Mrs. Snyder
Nat Pendleton
— Hank aka Pete
Wade Boteler
— Detective (uncredited)
Ray Cooke
— Jimmy the Bellhop (uncredited)
Richard Cramer
— Cabbie (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
— Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Peter Erkelenz
— Kansas City Dutch (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
— Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
— Tobacco Counterman (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
— Driver (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr.
— Tough Guy on Dance Floor (uncredited)
Charles Lane
— Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Otto Lederer
— Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Russell Hopton
— Jerry (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
— Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Edward Martindel
— Jeweler (uncredited)
Frank McLure
— Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Edward Morgan
— Bellhop (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
— Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Walter Percival
— Lee (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
— Mike (uncredited)
Philip Sleeman
— Conman (uncredited)