Daniel Patrick "Danny" Kean
James Cagney
J.R. 'Al' McLean
Ralph Bellamy
Barber (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Journalism Student (uncredited)
Sterling Holloway
Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Reporter Outside Prison (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Reporter Witnessing Execution (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Reporter Stacy (uncredited)
Billy West
Connie Rowland (uncredited)
Renee Whitney
Staff Editor (uncredited)
Dick Elliott
James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited)
Hobart Cavanaugh
Jerry's Little Girl (uncredited)
Cora Sue Collins
Patricia Mary 'Pat' Nolan
Patricia Ellis
Police Captain (uncredited)
John Ince
Colleen (uncredited)
Alice Jans
Mike - Man with Colleen (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Editor (uncredited)
Vaughn Taylor
Hennessy's Wife in Photo (uncredited)
Pat Wing
Allison
Alice White
Jerry the Mug
Ralf Harolde
Lieutenant Casey Nolan
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Grover, Graphic News Owner
Robert Barrat
Hennessy the Fireman
G. Pat Collins
John, the Head Keeper
Arthur Vinton
Leo
Tom Wilson
Costume Design
Orry-Kelly
Writer
William Keighley
Director
Lloyd Bacon
Story
Daniel Ahern
Adaptation
Allen Rivkin
P.J. Wolfson
Dialogue
Ben Markson
Director of Photography
Sol Polito
Editor
William Holmes
Art Direction
Robert M. Haas
Casting Director
Maxwell Arnow
Casting Assistant
William Forsyth