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| Paul Muni | Tony Camonte | |
| Ann Dvorak | Cesca Camonte | |
| Karen Morley | Poppy | |
| Osgood Perkins | Johnny Lovo | |
| C. Henry Gordon | Police Inspector Guarino | |
| George Raft | Guino Rinaldo | |
| Vince Barnett | Angelo | |
| Boris Karloff | Tom Gaffney | |
| Purnell Pratt | Mr. Garston - Publisher | |
| Tully Marshall | Managing Editor | |
| Inez Palange | Tony's Mother | |
| Edwin Maxwell | Detective Chief | |
| Henry Armetta | Pietro - Barber | |
| Gus Arnheim | Orchestra Leader | |
| Eugenie Besserer | Citizens Committee Member | |
| Maurice Black | Jim - Headwaiter | |
| William Burress | Judge (alternate ending) | |
| Gino Corrado | Waiter at Columbia Cafe | |
| Virginia Dabney | Mabel | |
| William B. Davidson | Citizens Committee Member | 
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| Writer | Howard Hawks
               Armitage Trail Ben Hecht W.R. Burnett  | 
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| Cinematography | Lee Garmes
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| Musician | Adolph Tandler
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