Linda Darnell

Virginia Clemm

Shepperd Strudwick

Edgar Allan Poe

Virginia Gilmore

Elmira Royster

Jane Darwell

Mariah Clemm

Mary Howard

Frances Allan

Frank Conroy

John Allan

Harry Morgan

Ebenezer Burling

Walter Kingsford

T.W. White

Morris Ankrum

Mr. Graham

William Bakewell

Hugh Pleasant

Francis Ford

Tavern Keeper

Mae Marsh

Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

West Point Board Officer (uncredited)

Arthur Shields

Griswald (uncredited)

Freddie Mercer

Poe, age 12

Erville Alderson

Burke

Peggy McIntyre

Elmira, age 10

Morton Lowry

Charles Dickens

Gilbert Emery

Thomas Jefferson

Edwin Stanley

Dr. Moran

Harry Denny

Kennedy

Hardie Albright

Shelton

Harry Carter

Jefferson's Messenger (uncredited)