Michael Redgrave
Role: Davey Fenwick
Margaret Lockwood
Role: Jenny Sunley
Emlyn Williams
Role: Joe Gowlan
Nancy Price
Role: Martha Fenwick - Davey's mother
Allan Jeayes
Role: Richard Barras - the mine owner
Edward Rigby
Role: Robert Fenwick - Davey's father
Desmond Tester
Role: Hughie Fenwick - Davey's brother
David Markham
Role: Arthur Barras - Barras' son
Cecil Parker
Role: Stanley Millington
Linden Travers
Role: Mrs. Laura Millington
Milton Rosmer
Role: Harry Nugent, MP
George Carney
Role: Slogger Gowlan
Olga Lindo
Role: Mrs. Sunley
Aubrey Mallalieu
Role: Hudspeth
Kynaston Reeves
Role: Strother
Clive Baxter
Role: Pat Reedy
Frederick Burtwell
Role: Union Official
Dorothy Hamilton
Role: Mrs. Reedy
Frank Atkinson
Role: Miner
David Horne
Role: Mr. Wilkins
Edmund Willard
Role: Mr. Ramage
Ben Williams
Role: Harry Brace
Scott Harrold
Role: Headmaster Strother
Lionel Barrymore
Role: Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
Howard Douglas
Role: Miner at Rescue
Cameron Hall
Role: Cinema Commissionaire
Bryan Herbert
Role: Man Outside Football Ground
Vincent Holman
Role: 1st Arresting Policeman
Roddy Hughes
Role: Union Committee Member
Mike Johnson
Role: Looting Miner
Vi Kaley
Role: Old Woman at Looting
Laurence Kitchin
Role: Dickie - Butcher's Boy
Charles Rolfe
Role: 2nd Arresting Policeman
D.J. Williams
Role: Union Committee Chairman