James Cagney
Daniel Patrick "Danny" Kean
Ralph Bellamy
J.R. 'Al' McLean
Patricia Ellis
Patricia Mary 'Pat' Nolan
Alice White
Allison
Ralf Harolde
Jerry the Mug
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Police Lt. Casey Nolan
Robert Barrat
Grover, Graphic News Owner
G. Pat Collins
Hennessy the Fireman
Arthur Vinton
John, Sing Sing Head Keeper
Tom Wilson
Leo
Gino Corrado
Barber (uncredited)
Sterling Holloway
Journalism Student (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Reporter Outside Prison (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Reporter Witnessing Execution (uncredited)
Billy West
Reporter Stacy (uncredited)
Renee Whitney
Connie Rowland (uncredited)
Dick Elliott
Staff Editor (uncredited)
Hobart Cavanaugh
James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited)
Cora Sue Collins
Jerry's Little Girl (uncredited)
John Ince
Police Captain (uncredited)
Alice Jans
Colleen (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Mike - Man with Colleen (uncredited)
Pat Wing
Hennessy's Wife in Photo (uncredited)
Joan Barclay
Journalism Student (uncredited)
Maurice Black
Speakeasy Proprietor (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Hood (uncredited)
Lynn Browning
Secretary (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
Reporter (uncredited)
George Chandler
Reporter (uncredited)
George Daly
Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Jill Dennett
Speakeasy Girl (uncredited)
Mike Donlin
Poolroom Proprietor (uncredited)
Jack Grey
Alec - Police Officer (uncredited)
Charles King
Sick Reporter at Execution (uncredited)
Helen Mann
Blonde Journalism Student (uncredited)
Larry McGrath
Bookie (uncredited)
Matt McHugh
Sergeant Handing Out Guns (uncredited)
Bob Perry
Bartender (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Hood (uncredited)
Barbara Rogers
Olive - Jerry's Moll (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Reporter Witnessing Execution (uncredited)
Philip Sleeman
Hood (uncredited)
William H. Strauss
Tailor (uncredited)
Phil Tead
Reporter F.L. Strange (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Lead Pursuer on Subway Train (uncredited)
William Worthington
Reporter Witnessing Execution (uncredited)
Lloyd Bacon
Director
Daniel Ahern
Story
Allen Rivkin
Adaptation
P.J. Wolfson
Adaptation
Ben Markson
Dialogue
William Keighley
Writer
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
William Holmes
Editor
Robert M. Haas
Art Direction
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Maxwell Arnow
Casting Director
William Forsyth
Casting Assistant
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Gordon Hollingshead
Assistant Director
Everett Alton Brown
Sound
William Maybery
Casting Assistant
Eugene Joseff
Other
Leo F. Forbstein
Conductor
Cliff Hess
Additional Music
Ray Heindorf
Additional Music
William Keighley
Dialogue Coach
Raymond Griffith
Supervising Producer