 | Sylvia Sidney als Joan Graham |
 | Henry Fonda als Eddie Taylor |
 | Barton MacLane als Stephen Whitney |
 | Jean Dixon als Bonnie Graham |
 | William Gargan als Father Dolan |
 | Jerome Cowan als Dr. Hill |
 | Charles 'Chic' Sale als Ethan |
 | Margaret Hamilton als Hester |
 | Warren Hymer als Buggsy |
 | Guinn "Big Boy" Williams als Rogers |
 | John Wray als Warden Wheeler |
 | Walter De Palma als Monk Mendall (uncredited) |
 | Ward Bond als Casey - Guard (uncredited) |
 | Jack Carson als Attendant in First Gas Station |
| Shirley Coates als Ethel (uncredited) |
 | Dick Elliott als Newspaper Editor (uncredited) |
 | Jonathan Hale als District Attorney (uncredited) |
 | Ethan Laidlaw als Tommy, a Prison Guard (uncredited) |
 | Franklyn Farnum als Plainclothesman (uncredited) |
 | James Flavin als State Trooper (uncredited) |
 | Chuck Hamilton als Armored Car Guard Unloading Money (uncredited) |
| Earl Askam als Corridor Guard (uncredited) |
 | Hooper Atchley als Teletype Operator (uncredited) |
 | Stanley Blystone als Rafferty - Guard (uncredited) |
 | Wade Boteler als Pat - Policeman with Package (uncredited) |
 | Al Bridge als Guard (uncredited) |
 | Don Brodie als Compositor (uncredited) |
| Raymond Brown als Engineer (uncredited) |
| George Burton als Convict Waiter (uncredited) |
 | Jack Cheatham als Prison Hospital Guard (uncredited) |
| Russ Clark als Officer (uncredited) |
 | David Clyde als Fireman (uncredited) |
 | Harry Cording als Guard (uncredited) |
| Hal Craig als Bank Guard (uncredited) |
 | Edgar Dearing als State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited) |
| Mary Anne Durkin als Warden's 14-Year-Old Daughter (uncredited) |
| Malcolm Graham als Warden's Secretary (uncredited) |
 | Frank Hagney als Plainclothesman (uncredited) |
| Al K. Hall als Man in Auto Court Office (uncredited) |
| Ben Hall als Messenger with Package (uncredited) |
| Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian als Williams' Assistant (uncredited) |
| Jack Herrick als Convict Watching Baseball Game (uncredited) |
 | Herbert Heywood als Brakeman in Diner (uncredited) |
 | Al Hill als Attendant in Second Gas Station (uncredited) |
| Stanley King als Convict (uncredited) |
| Stanley Mack als Male Nurse (uncredited) |
| Wally Maher als Attendant in Second Gas Station (uncredited) |
 | Frank Mills als Man Telling Eddie of Phone Call (uncredited) |
| Ted Oliver als State Trooper (uncredited) |
 | William Pawley als Mr. Williams (uncredited) |
 | Lee Phelps als Corridor Guard (uncredited) |
 | James Pierce als Guard (uncredited) |
 | Lon Poff als Halsey (uncredited) |
 | Stanley Price als Sparks - Man in Diner (uncredited) |
 | Mickey Rentschler als Ten-Year-Old Boy (uncredited) |
| William Ruhl als Guard (uncredited) |
| Allen D. Sewall als Chess-Playing Convict (uncredited) |
| Robert St. Angelo als Corridor Guard (uncredited) |
 | Amzie Strickland als Young Woman (uncredited) |
| Henry Taylor als Kozderonas - Apple Vendor (uncredited) |
| Monte Vandergrift als Traffic Policeman (uncredited) |
| Max Wagner als Dan - Corridor Guard (uncredited) |
 | Kathrin Clare Ward als Blonde Cook in Diner (uncredited) |
 | E. Alyn Warren als Prison Chef (uncredited) |
 | Lillian West als Mother (uncredited) |
 | Charles C. Wilson als Police Inspector (uncredited) |
 | Harry Wilson als Convict Watching Baseball Game (uncredited) |
| Fritz Lang | Director |
| Walter Wanger | Executive Producer |
| Helen Taylor | Costume Design |
| Chuck Hamilton | Stunts |
| Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
| Gene Towne | Screenplay |
| Alexander Toluboff | Art Direction |
| Daniel Mandell | Editor |
| C. Graham Baker | Screenplay |
| Frank Maher | Sound Designer |
| Robert Lee | Assistant Director |
| Frank Maher | Sound |
| Alfred Newman | Music Director |
| Frank Hagney | Stunts |
| Burnett Guffey | Assistant Camera |
| Hugo Friedhofer | Additional Music |
| Raffaello Penso | Music |
| Walter Wanger | Presenter |
| Hazel Adams | Stand In |
| Vance Griffith | Stand In |
| Joe Kenny | Stand In |
| Robert Mitchell | Stand In |
| Isabelle Sheridan | Stand In |
