Paul Muni (Tony)Ann Dvorak (Cesca)Karen Morley (Poppy)Osgood Perkins (Lovo)C. Henry Gordon (Guarino)George Raft (Rinaldo)Vince Barnett (Angelo)Boris Karloff (Gaffney)Purnell Pratt (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 A. Boardway (Nightclub Patron)William Burgess (Judge (alternate ending))