John Garfield

Tommy Gordon

Ann Sheridan

Kay Manners

Pat O'Brien

Warden Walter Long

Burgess Meredith

Steve Rockford

Henry O'Neill

District Attorney

Jerome Cowan

Ed Crowley

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Mike Cagle

John Litel

Prison Chaplain

Margot Stevenson

Ann Rockford

Willard Robertson

Ragan

Edward Pawley

Black Jack

Billy Wayne

Pete

Nedda Harrigan

Mrs. Long

Wade Boteler

Principal Keeper

Barbara Pepper

Goldie

Robert Strange

Joe Morris

Eddie Acuff

Bill - Prisoner Dispensing Clothing (uncredited)

Ernie Adams

Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)

Nat Carr

Reporter (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Intake Guard (uncredited)

Loia Cheaney

Lady in Room 611 (uncredited)

Cliff Clark

Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)

Richard Clayton

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Michael Conroy

Newsboy (uncredited)

Clyde Courtright

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Alan Davis

Guard (uncredited)

Joe Downing

Gangster in Car (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)

Jay Eaton

Dance Partner of 'Sweetheart' in Nightclub (uncredited)

Frank Faylen

Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

Stretcher Attendant (uncredited)

James Flavin

Death Row Guard (uncredited)

Brenda Fowler

Nurse (uncredited)

Edward Gargan

Death Row Guard (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

Silent Gangster in Car (uncredited)

Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

First Prisoner (uncredited)

Howard Hickman

The Judge (uncredited)

Max Hoffman Jr.

Warden's Clerk (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Robert Homans

Clyde Burton - the Detective Escort (uncredited)

William Hopper

Reporter (uncredited)

Paul Hurst

Guard (uncredited)

Thomas E. Jackson

Seated Reporter on Train (uncredited)

John Lester Johnson

Black Prisoner (uncredited)

Eddie Kane

Nightclub Manager (uncredited)

Willie Keeler

Joe - Clerk in Dr. Ames' Office (uncredited)

John Kelly

Rockpile Convict (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Machine Shop Guard (uncredited)

Max Marx

Prisoner (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

Visitor Room Guard (uncredited)

Frank McCarroll

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Walter Miller

Frank - a Night Guard (uncredited)

Grant Mitchell

Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)

Howard M. Mitchell

Policeman (uncredited)

Frank Moran

Cell Block Guard (uncredited)

Adrian Morris

Prisoner (uncredited)

Philip Morris

Joe - Detective with Ragan in New York (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Night Guard Shooting Tear Gas (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

Guard (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Visitor Room Guard (uncredited)

Frank Puglia

Tony - Prisoner in Death Row (uncredited)

Bob Reeves

(uncredited)

Richard James

Guard (uncredited)

John J. Richardson

Prisoner (uncredited)

John Ridgely

Intake Guard (uncredited)

Cliff Saum

Prison Intake Clerk (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Night Guard Shooting Tear Gas (uncredited)

George Sorel

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Robert R. Stephenson

Sailor (uncredited)

Julie Stevens

Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Harry Strang

Vistor's Room Guard (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Double Talking Convict (uncredited)

Frank Sully

Second Prisoner (uncredited)

William Telark

Reporter (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Standing Reporter on Train (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

Convict Messenger (uncredited)

Ernest Whitman

Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

Convict in Yard (uncredited)