Nick Charles
William Powell
Nora Charles
Myrna Loy
Fred Macy
Joseph Anthony
'Rainbow' Benny Loomis
Lou Lubin
Stella
Louise Beavers
Asta
Skippy
Lawyer Fenster
Oliver Blake
Barrows' Landlady (uncredited)
Adeline DeWalt Reynolds
Pipey (uncredited)
George Lloyd
Fingers (uncredited)
Sid Melton
Lana Webb (uncredited)
Jody Gilbert
"The Irish Thrush", a wrestler (uncredited)
Tor Johnson
Paul Clarke
Barry Nelson
Bearded Wrestler (uncredited)
The Cardiff Giant
Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
Ava Gardner
Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)
John George
Watchman (uncredited)
Aldrich Bowker
Mug
H.B. Haggerty
Al Bain
Second Coroner (uncredited)
Arthur Aylesworth
Cop (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Mug Starting Fight at Wrestling Match (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
Waiter with Steak (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Molly Ford
Donna Reed
Herschel Graham
Stephens' Clerk (uncredited)
Joey Ray
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Ray Teal
Maguire - Nervous Ticket Seller (uncredited)
Will Wright
Lieutenant Abrams
Sam Levene
'Whitey' Barrow
Alan Baxter
Major Jason I. Sculley
Henry O'Neill
Nick Charles, Jr.
Richard Hall
Claire Porter
Stella Adler
'Link' Stephens
Loring Smith
Story
Harry Kurnitz
Screenplay
Music
David Snell
Recording Supervision
Douglas Shearer
Characters
Dashiell Hammett
Irving Brecher
Set Decoration
Edwin B. Willis
Director
W.S. Van Dyke
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Director of Photography
William H. Daniels
Costume Design
Robert Kalloch
Editor
Robert Kern