Clark Gable

Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher

William Powell

Jim Wade

Myrna Loy

Eleanor Packer

Leo Carrillo

Father Joe

Nat Pendleton

Spud

George Sidney

Poppa Rosen

Isabel Jewell

Annabelle

Thomas E. Jackson

Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow

Jimmy Butler

Jim Wade as a Boy

Mickey Rooney

Blackie as a Boy

Shirley Ross

Singer in Cotton Club

Frank Conroy

Blackie's Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Leonid Kinskey

Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen

Oscar Apfel

Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)

William Bailey

Al Barnes (uncredited)

John Bleifer

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Vernon Dent

Otto (uncredited)

Jay Eaton

Drunk (uncredited)

Lew Harvey

Craps Dealer (uncredited)

Samuel S. Hinds

Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited)

Wade Boteler

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)

James Eagles

Boy in Prison (uncredited)

Don Brodie

Reporter (uncredited)

Ralph McCullough

Reporter (uncredited)

George Irving

Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)

Harry Seymour

Piano Player in Casino (uncredited)

Pete Smith

Racetrack Announcer (Voice) (uncredited)

Edward Van Sloan

Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

Boat Passenger (uncredited)

William Irving

German Note Holder (uncredited)

Bert Sprotte

German Note Holder (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Bailiff (uncredited)

Landers Stevens

Inspector (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Detective in Court (uncredited)

Lee Shumway

Policeman (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)