Bette Davis

Stanley Timberlake Kingsmill

Olivia de Havilland

Roy Timberlake

George Brent

Craig Fleming

Dennis Morgan

Peter Kingsmill

Charles Coburn

William Fitzroy

Frank Craven

Asa Timberlake

Billie Burke

Lavinia Timberlake

Hattie McDaniel

Minerva Clay

Lee Patrick

Betty Wilmoth

Mary Servoss

Charlotte Fitzroy

Ernest Anderson

Parry Clay

William B. Davidson

Jim Purdy

Edward Fielding

Dr. Buchanan

John Hamilton

Police Inspector Millett

William Forrest

Forest Ranger

Eddie Acuff

Worker (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Worker (uncredited)

Al Bridge

Worker (uncredited)

Walter Brooke

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Policeman Fallon (uncredited)

Dudley Dickerson

Waiter (uncredited)

Frank Fanning

Police Detective with Millett (uncredited)

Ruth Ford

Mother of Accident Victim (uncredited)

Eddie Graham

Police Telephone Operator #2 (uncredited)

Jester Hairston

Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

Worker (uncredited)

Walter Huston

Bartender (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Jailer (uncredited)

Reid Kilpatrick

Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

Policeman in Car (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Patrick McVey

Minor Role (uncredited)

Billy Mitchell

Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Sunshine Sammy Morrison

Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Minor Role (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Police Telephone Operator (uncredited)

George H. Reed

Fitzroy's Butler (uncredited)

Napoleon Simpson

Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Elliott Sullivan

Worker (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

Customer (uncredited)

Buck Woods

Black Man in Jail (uncredited)