Virginia Weidler
— Patricia Victoria Sanderson
Gene Reynolds
— Thomas 'Tommy' Wilks
Guy Kibbee
— Luther Marvin
Ian Hunter
— Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor)
Elizabeth Patterson
— Mrs. Perkins
Reginald Owen
— Edwards, Marvin's Valet
Henry Hull
— Red Wilks
Lois Wilson
— Mrs. Ellen Creighton
Arthur Aylesworth
— John Little, Orphanage Manager (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
— Policeman (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs
— Lem Dodd, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
Esther Dale
— Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)
Jack Daley
— Mr. Miller, Exiting from Train (uncredited)
John Dilson
— Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
— New Sentinel editor (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
— Mr. Simms, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
— Fireman (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
— Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)
Mickey Kuhn
— Bobby Creighton, Age 5 (uncredited)
George Irving
— Dr. Bell (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
— Fireman Telling Wilks Tommy Went Into Fire
Douglas Madore
— eorgie Creighton, Age 8 (uncredited)
Edward McWade
— Ticket Seller at Station (uncredited)
Milton Parsons
— Minister at Station (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
— Fireman (uncredited)
Terry
— Dog, Rex (uncredited)
Ann E. Todd
— Libbit Creighton, Age 9 (uncredited)