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
Bert Freed
Herron, a Man in Alley Mob
Reed Hadley
Narrator (voice)
Brian Keith
Man in Mob Behind Courthouse
Karl Malden
Det. Lt. White
Arthur Miller
Line-Up Suspect
Leona Roberts
Mrs. Crossman
Frank Overton
Man in Mob Behind Courthouse
Wyrley Birch
Father George A. Lambert