John Garfield

Tommy Gordon

Ann Sheridan

Kay Manners

Pat O’Brien

Warden Walter Long

Burgess Meredith

Steve Rockford

Henry O'Neill

District Attorney

Jerome Cowan

Ed Crowley

Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

Mike Cagle

John Litel

Prison Chaplain

Willard Robertson

Ragan

Billy Wayne

Pete

Nedda Harrigan

Mrs. Long

Wade Boteler

Principal Keeper

Barbara Pepper

Goldie

Robert Strange

Joe Morris

Eddy Chandler

Intake Guard (uncredited)

Cliff Clark

Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)

Richard Clayton

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)

Jay Eaton

Dance Partner of 'Sweetheart' in Nightclub (uncredited)

Frank Faylen

Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

Stretcher Attendant (uncredited)

James Flavin

Death Row Guard (uncredited)

Edward Gargan

Death Row Guard (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

Silent Gangster in Car (uncredited)

Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

First Prisoner (uncredited)

Howard Hickman

The Judge (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Robert Homans

Clyde Burton - the Detective Escort (uncredited)

William Hopper

Reporter (uncredited)

Paul Hurst

Guard (uncredited)

Thomas E. Jackson

Seated Reporter on Train (uncredited)

Eddie Kane

Nightclub Manager (uncredited)

John Kelly

Rockpile Convict (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Machine Shop Guard (uncredited)

Walter Miller

Frank - a Night Guard (uncredited)

Grant Mitchell

Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Night Guard Shooting Tear Gas (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Visitor Room Guard (uncredited)

Frank Puglia

Tony - Prisoner in Death Row (uncredited)

Bob Reeves

(uncredited)

Richard James

Guard (uncredited)

John Ridgely

Intake Guard (uncredited)

Cliff Saum

Prison Intake Clerk (uncredited)

George Sorel

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Harry Strang

Vistor's Room Guard (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Double Talking Convict (uncredited)

Frank Sully

Second Prisoner (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Standing Reporter on Train (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

Convict Messenger (uncredited)

Ernest Whitman

Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

Convict in Yard (uncredited)