James Cagney

Eddie Bartlett

Priscilla Lane

Jean Sherman

Humphrey Bogart

George Hally

Gladys George

Panama Smith

Jeffrey Lynn

Lloyd Hart

Frank McHugh

Danny Green

Paul Kelly

Nick Brown

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Sherman

Edward Keane

Henderson

Joe Sawyer

The Sergeant

Joseph Crehan

Michaels

George Meeker

Masters

John Hamilton

Judge

Robert Elliott

First Detective

Eddy Chandler

Second Detective

Abner Biberman

Henchman

Vera Lewis

Mrs. Gray

John Deering

Narrator (voice)

Eddie Acuff

Cabbie (uncredited)

Ernie Alexander

Bootleg Customer (uncredited)

Murray Alper

Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)

Robert Armstrong

Hatted Passerby Before Nightclub (uncredited)

Raymond Bailey

2nd Ex-Con (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

James Blaine

Club Doorman (uncredited)

Max Blum

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Wade Boteler

Policeman in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Al Bridge

Ship Captain (uncredited)

Paul Bryar

Gangster (uncredited)

Nat Carr

Waiter (uncredited)

Glen Cavender

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Clay Clement

Bramfield (uncredited)

Ann Codee

Saleswoman (uncredited)

James Conaty

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Ray Cooke

Orderly (uncredited)

Calvin Coolidge

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles Corrigan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Maurice Costello

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

Cop (uncredited)

Alan Davis

Vermont Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Joe Devlin

Order-Taker (uncredited)

Bill Elliott

Bootlegger (uncredited)

James Flavin

Policeman (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Curt Furburg

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Fred Graham

Henchman Eddie Pushes Over Railing (uncredited)

Creighton Hale

Customer (uncredited)

Bert Hanlon

Pianist (uncredited)

Carl Harbaugh

Street-Cleaner (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

John Harron

Soldier (uncredited)

Eddie Hart

Store Doorman (uncredited)

Lew Harvey

3rd Ex-Con (uncredited)

Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

First Mate (uncredited)

Al Herman

Gorman Gin-Taster (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

Pop (uncredited)

Al Hill

1st Ex-Con (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harry Hollingsworth

Customer (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Taxi Passenger (uncredited)

Herbert Hoover

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George Humbert

Luigi (uncredited)

Lloyd Ingraham

Official in Montage (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

Joe - The Bartender (uncredited)

Jane Jones

Singing Trio Member (uncredited)

Mel Kalish

Singing Trio Member (uncredited)

Don Thaddeus Kerr

Bobby Hart (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Cabbie (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

Cabbie (uncredited)

Reid Kilpatrick

Announcer (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Gangster (uncredited)

Alfred Linder

Foreman (uncredited)

George Lloyd

Singing Trio Member (uncredited)

Arthur Loft

Still Proprietor (uncredited)

Charles Marsh

Timid Man (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

Policeman (uncredited)

King Mojave

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Philip Morris

Policeman (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Guard (uncredited)

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wendell Niles

Self - Announcer (uncredited)

Field Norton

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Jack Norton

Drunk at Henderson Club (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

Jailer (uncredited)

Oscar O'Shea

Customer (uncredited)

David Oliver

Policeman (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Gangster (uncredited)

William Pawley

Cabdriver (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Bailiff (uncredited)

Paul Phillips

Mike (uncredited)

John J. Richardson

Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)

John Ridgely

Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

Charlie (uncredited)

Warren Rock

Gangster (uncredited)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Don Rowan

Gangster (uncredited)

Hector V. Sarno

Warehouse Boss (uncredited)

Cliff Saum

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Order-Taker (uncredited)

Bruce Sidney

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

John St. Clair

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Freighter Crew Member (uncredited)

Elliott Sullivan

Eddie's Cellmate (uncredited)

Westbrook Van Voorhis

Himself - Narrator (uncredited)

Max Wagner

Gangster (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)

Ben Welden

Tavern Proprietor (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)

Leo White

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox

Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)

Lottie Williams

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Norman Willis

Bootlegger (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson

Policeman (uncredited)

Robert Dobson

Lieutenant