William Powell

Nick Charles

Myrna Loy

Nora Charles

Barry Nelson

Paul Clarke

Donna Reed

Molly Ford

Sam Levene

Lieutenant Abrams

Alan Baxter

'Whitey' Barrow

Henry O'Neill

Major Jason I. Sculley

Richard Hall

Nick Charles, Jr.

Stella Adler

Claire Porter

Loring Smith

'Link' Stephens

Joseph Anthony

Fred Macy

Lou Lubin

'Rainbow' Benny Loomis

Louise Beavers

Stella

Skippy

Asta

Oliver Blake

Lawyer Fenster

Adeline DeWalt Reynolds

Barrows' Landlady (uncredited)

George Lloyd

Pipey (uncredited)

Sid Melton

Fingers (uncredited)

Jody Gilbert

Lana Webb (uncredited)

Tor Johnson

"The Irish Thrush", a wrestler (uncredited)

The Cardiff Giant

Bearded Wrestler (uncredited)

Ava Gardner

Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)

John George

Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)

Aldrich Bowker

Watchman (uncredited)

H.B. Haggerty

Mug

Al Bain

Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)

Arthur Aylesworth

Second Coroner (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

Cop (uncredited)

Joe Devlin

Mug Starting Fight at Wrestling Match (uncredited)

Fred Graham

Waiter with Steak (uncredited)

Herschel Graham

Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)

Joey Ray

Stephens' Clerk (uncredited)

Ray Teal

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Will Wright

Maguire - Nervous Ticket Seller (uncredited)

W.S. Van Dyke

Director

Dashiell Hammett

Characters

Harry Kurnitz

Story

Irving Brecher

Screenplay

Harry Kurnitz

Screenplay

William H. Daniels

Director of Photography

David Snell

Music

Douglas Shearer

Recording Supervision

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Edwin B. Willis

Set Decoration

Robert Kalloch

Costume Design

Robert Kern

Editor