James Cagney
Role: Eddie Bartlett
Priscilla Lane
Role: Jean Sherman
Humphrey Bogart
Role: George Hally
Gladys George
Role: Panama Smith
Jeffrey Lynn
Role: Lloyd Hart
Frank McHugh
Role: Danny Green
Paul Kelly
Role: Nick Brown
Elisabeth Risdon
Role: Mrs. Sherman
Edward Keane
Role: Henderson
Joe Sawyer
Role: The Sergeant
Joseph Crehan
Role: Michaels
George Meeker
Role: Masters
Robert Elliott
Role: First Detective
Eddy Chandler
Role: Second Detective
Abner Biberman
Role: Henchman
Vera Lewis
Role: Mrs. Gray
John Deering
Role: Narrator (voice)
Eddie Acuff
Role: Cabbie (uncredited)
Ernie Alexander
Role: Bootleg Customer (uncredited)
Murray Alper
Role: Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)
Robert Armstrong
Role: Hatted Passerby Before Nightclub (uncredited)
Raymond Bailey
Role: 2nd Ex-Con (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
James Blaine
Role: Club Doorman (uncredited)
Max Blum
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
Role: Policeman in Speakeasy (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
Role: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Al Bridge
Role: Ship Captain (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
Role: Gangster (uncredited)
Nat Carr
Role: Waiter (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Clay Clement
Role: Bramfield (uncredited)
Ann Codee
Role: Saleswoman (uncredited)
James Conaty
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Ray Cooke
Role: Orderly (uncredited)
Calvin Coolidge
Role: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Corrigan
Role: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Maurice Costello
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
Role: Cop (uncredited)
Alan Davis
Role: Vermont Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
Role: Order-Taker (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
Role: Bootlegger (uncredited)
James Flavin
Role: Policeman (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Curt Furburg
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Role: Henchman Eddie Pushes Over Railing (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Role: Customer (uncredited)
Bert Hanlon
Role: Pianist (uncredited)
Carl Harbaugh
Role: Street-Cleaner (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
John Harron
Role: Soldier (uncredited)
Eddie Hart
Role: Store Doorman (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
Role: 3rd Ex-Con (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Role: First Mate (uncredited)
Al Herman
Role: Gorman Gin-Taster (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
Role: Pop (uncredited)
Al Hill
Role: 1st Ex-Con (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Role: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry Hollingsworth
Role: Customer (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Role: Taxi Passenger (uncredited)
Herbert Hoover
Role: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Humbert
Role: Luigi (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham
Role: Official in Montage (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Role: Joe - The Bartender (uncredited)
Jane Jones
Role: Singing Trio Member (uncredited)
Mel Kalish
Role: Singing Trio Member (uncredited)
Don Thaddeus Kerr
Role: Bobby Hart (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Role: Cabbie (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Role: Cabbie (uncredited)
Reid Kilpatrick
Role: Announcer (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Role: Gangster (uncredited)
Alfred Linder
Role: Foreman (uncredited)
George Lloyd
Role: Singing Trio Member (uncredited)
Arthur Loft
Role: Still Proprietor (uncredited)
Charles Marsh
Role: Timid Man (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Role: Policeman (uncredited)
King Mojave
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Philip Morris
Role: Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Role: Guard (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini
Role: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wendell Niles
Role: Self - Announcer (uncredited)
Field Norton
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Jack Norton
Role: Drunk at Henderson Club (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Role: Jailer (uncredited)
Oscar O'Shea
Role: Customer (uncredited)
David Oliver
Role: Policeman (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Role: Gangster (uncredited)
William Pawley
Role: Cabdriver (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Role: Bailiff (uncredited)
Paul Phillips
Role: Mike (uncredited)
John J. Richardson
Role: Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
John Ridgely
Role: Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Role: Charlie (uncredited)
Warren Rock
Role: Gangster (uncredited)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Role: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Don Rowan
Role: Gangster (uncredited)
Hector V. Sarno
Role: Warehouse Boss (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
Role: Train Conductor (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Role: Order-Taker (uncredited)
Bruce Sidney
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
John St. Clair
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Role: Freighter Crew Member (uncredited)
Elliott Sullivan
Role: Eddie's Cellmate (uncredited)
Westbrook Van Voorhis
Role: Himself - Narrator (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Role: Gangster (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
Role: Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
Ben Welden
Role: Tavern Proprietor (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
Role: Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)
Leo White
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Role: Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
Lottie Williams
Role: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Norman Willis
Role: Bootlegger (uncredited)
Charles C. Wilson
Role: Policeman (uncredited)
Robert Dobson
Role: Lieutenant
