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)

James Curtis

Party Leader (uncredited)

Vernon Dent

Otto (uncredited)

Charles Dunbar

Panhandler (uncredited)

Jay Eaton

Drunk (uncredited)

Wesley Giraud

Tough Boy (uncredited)

John Marston

Mr. Coates (uncredited)

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

Uncle Angus (uncredited)

Leo Lance

Leon Trotsky (uncredited)

Pat Moriarity

Trotsky Heckler (uncredited)

William Arnold

Blackjack Dealer (uncredited)

Lew Harvey

Craps Dealer (uncredited)

Jimmy James

Chemin de Fer Dealer

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)

James Eagles

Boy in Prison (uncredited)

Cullen Johnson

Boy (uncredited)

Payne B. Johnson

Small Boy on Street (uncredited)