A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
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
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
Paul Hurst
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
Philip Morris
Joe - Detective with Ragan in New York (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Night Guard Shooting Tear Gas (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Lee Phelps
Frank Puglia
Tony - Prisoner in Death Row (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
(uncredited)
Richard James
John J. Richardson
John Ridgely
Cliff Saum
Prison Intake Clerk (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
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
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)