Dana Andrews

State's Attorney Henry L. Harvey

Jane Wyatt

Madge Harvey

Lee J. Cobb

Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson

Cara Williams

Irene Nelson

Arthur Kennedy

John Waldron

Sam Levene

Morning Record's Reporter Dave Woods

Taylor Holmes

T.M. Wade

Robert Keith

'Mac' McCreery

Ed Begley

Paul Harris

Philip Coolidge

Jim Crossman

Bert Freed

Herron, a Man in Alley Mob

Reed Hadley

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Brian Keith

Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)

Karl Malden

Det. Lt. White (uncredited)

Arthur Miller

Line-Up Suspect