Dana Andrews
State's Attorney Henry L. 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
Robert Keith
'Mac' McCreery
Philip Coolidge
Jim Crossman (uncredited)
Bert Freed
Herron, a Man in Alley Mob (uncredited)
Reed Hadley
Off-Screen Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Brian Keith
Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)
Karl Malden
Det. Lt. White (uncredited)
Arthur Miller
Line-Up Suspect (uncredited)
Leona Roberts
Mrs. Crossman (uncredited)