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

Muriel Evans

Tootsie Malone

Thomas E. Jackson

Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow

Isabelle Keith

Miss Adams

Noel Madison

Manny Arnold

Jimmy Butler

Jim Wade as a Boy

Mickey Rooney

Blackie as a Boy

Shirley Ross

Singer in Cotton Club

Donald Haines

Young Spud (uncredited)

Frank Conroy

Blackie's Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Leonid Kinskey

Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen

Oscar Apfel

Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)

William Bailey

Al Barnes (uncredited)

Curtis Benton

Announcer (uncredited)

John Bleifer

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Vernon Dent

Otto (uncredited)

Jay Eaton

Drunk (uncredited)

John Marston

Mr. Coates (uncredited)

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

Uncle Angus (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)

G. Pat Collins

Killer in Prison (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore

Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Don Brodie

Reporter (uncredited)

George Irving

Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)

Pete Smith

Racetrack Announcer (Voice) (uncredited)

Al Thompson

Street Spectator (uncredited)

Edward Van Sloan

Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

Boat Passenger (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

Boat Passenger (uncredited)

William Irving

German Note Holder (uncredited)

Bert Sprotte

German Note Holder (uncredited)

William Stack

Judge (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Bailiff (uncredited)

Landers Stevens

Inspector (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Detective in Court (uncredited)

Tom McGuire

Policeman in Court (uncredited)

Jack Kenney

Policeman (uncredited)

Lee Shumway

Policeman (uncredited)

Stanley Taylor

Police Intern (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)