James Cagney (Rocky Sullivan)
Pat O'Brien (Rev. Jerry Connolly)
Humphrey Bogart (James Frazier)
Ann Sheridan (Laury Ferguson)
George Bancroft (Mac Keefer)
Belle Mitchell (Mrs. Maggione)
Jeffrey Sayre
George Sorel (Headwaiter)
James Spottswood (Record Editor)
Charles Sullivan (Gunman)
Elliott Sullivan (Police Officer)
A.W. Sweatt (Boy)
George Taylor
Dick Rich (Gangster)
Lee Phelps
Carlyle Moore, Jr. (Reporter)
Ralph Sanford (City Editor, Press)
Jack Mower (Detective)
Pat O'Malley (Railroad guard)
Oscar O'Shea (Guard Kennedy)
Emory Parnell
William Pawley (Bugs the Gunman)
Jack Perrin (Death Row Guard)
William Tracy (Jerry as a Boy)
Charles Trowbridge (Norton J. White, Press Editor)
George Offerman (Adult boy)
Claude Wisberg (Hanger-On)
Chuck Stubbs (Red)
Jack Goodrich (Reporter (uncredited))
Galan Galt (Policemen at Call-Box)
William Crowell (Whimpering Convict)
Theodore Rand (Gunman)
Dutch Hendrian
Al Lloyd
Ted Offenbecker (Older Boy in Poolroom)
Thomas E. Jackson (Press City Editor)
William Worthington (Warden)
Dan Wolheim
Charles Wilson (Buckley, the Police Chief)
Lotta Williams (Woman)
Jack C. Smith (Railroad Guard)
Dick Wessel
Poppy Wilde (Girl at gaming table)
Harris Berger (Basketball Captain)
Joseph Downing (Steve)
David Durand (Boy in Poolroom)
Earl Dwire (Priest)
William Edmunds (Italian Storekeeper)
Mary Gordon (Mrs. Patrick McGee)
Earl Gunn
Frank S. Hagney
James Farley (Railroad Yard Watchman)
John Dilson (Chronicle Editor)
Joe Devlin (Gangster)
Dead End Kids
Sidney Bracey
Eddie Brian (Newsboy)
Sonny Bupp
Brian Burke (Convict)
Lane Chandler (Guard)
Frank Coghlan, Jr. (Boy in Poolroom)
Joe Cunningham (Managing Editor)
Steven Darrell (Gangster)
John Hamilton (Police Captain)
John Harron (Sharpies)
Roger McGee
Vera Lewis (Soapy's Mother)
Alexander Lockwood
Vince Lombardi
Wilfred Lucas (Police officer)
Wilbur Mack (Croupier)
Charles Marsh
John Marston (Well Dressed Man)
Billy McClain (Janitor)
Donald Kerr
Robert E. Homans (Policeman)
Al Hill
Harry Hayden (Pharmacist)
Ben Hendricks, Jr. (Guard)
Dan Jesse
Huntz Hall (Crab)
Bernard Punsly (Hunky)
Edward Pawley (Guard Edwards)
Adrian Morris (Blackie)
Frankie Burke (Rocky (as a boy))
Marilyn Knowlden (Laury as a Girl)
Billy Halop (Soapy)
Bobby Jordan (Swing)
Leo Gorcey (Bim)
Gabriel Dell (Pasty)