Joan Crawford

Mildred Pierce

Jack Carson

Wally Fay

Zachary Scott

Monte Beragon

Eve Arden

Ida Corwin

Ann Blyth

Veda Pierce Forrester

Bruce Bennett

Albert 'Bert' Pierce

Lee Patrick

Maggie Biederhof

Moroni Olsen

Inspector Peterson

Veda Ann Borg

Miriam Ellis

Jo Ann Marlowe

Kay Pierce

Butterfly McQueen

Lottie (uncredited)

Bill Alcorn

Soldier (uncredited)

Betty Alexander

Party Guest (uncredited)

Ramsay Ames

Party Guest (uncredited)

George Anderson

Peterson's Assistant (uncredited)

Robert Arthur

High School Boy (uncredited)

Lynn Baggett

Waitress (uncredited)

Leah Baird

Police Matron (uncredited)

Dorothy Barrett

Dorothy (uncredited)

Barbara Brown

Mrs. Forrester (uncredited)

Claire Carleton

Thieving Waitress (uncredited)

Doria Caron

Waitress (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers

Personnel Man (uncredited)

Wallis Clark

Wally's Lawyer (uncredited)

Chester Clute

Mr. Jones (uncredited)

John Compton

Theodore 'Ted' Ellison Forrester (uncredited)

Joyce Compton

Waitress (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper

Policeman (uncredited)

David Cota

Pancho (uncredited)

Tom Dillon

Policeman (uncredited)

James Flavin

Detective (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Angela Greene

Party Guest (uncredited)

Dorothy Hack

Little Girl (uncredited)

Arthur Stuart Hull

First Night Diner With Cane (uncredited)

Charles Jordan

Policeman (uncredited)

Marjorie Kane

Waitress (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)

Richard Kipling

Personnel Man (uncredited)

Manart Kippen

Dr. Gale (uncredited)

Marion Lessing

Waitress (uncredited)

Jimmy Lono

Monte's Houseboy (uncredited)

Jean Lorraine

Woman (uncredited)

George Meader

Man (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Man (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Jack the Mailman (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

First Night Diner (uncredited)

Garry Owen

Policeman on Pier (uncredited)

Paul Panzer

Waiter (uncredited)

Larry Rio

Reporter (uncredited)

William Ruhl

Personnel Man (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Diner Customer (uncredited)

Mary Servoss

Nurse (uncredited)

George Tobias

Mr. Chris (uncredited)

Charles Trowbridge

Mrs. Forrester's Lawyer (uncredited)

Johnny Walsh

Delivery Man (uncredited)

Joan Winfield

Piano Teacher (uncredited)

John Christian

Singing Teacher (uncredited)

Ranald MacDougall

Screenplay

Ernest Haller

Director of Photography

David Weisbart

Editor

Michael Curtiz

Director

James M. Cain

Novel

Jerry Wald

Producer

Max Steiner

Original Music Composer

George James Hopkins

Set Decoration

Milo Anderson

Costume Design

Jack L. Warner

Executive Producer

Frank Heath

Assistant Director

Harry Barndollar

Special Effects

Dick Moder

Assistant Director

Willard Van Enger

Special Effects

Perc Westmore

Makeup Artist

Edwin Allen

Makeup Artist

Anton Grot

Art Direction

Oliver S. Garretson

Sound

Bill Cooley

Makeup Artist

Robert G. Wayne

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Leo F. Forbstein

Music Director

Milton Gold

Still Photographer

Herschel Daugherty

Dialogue

Hugo Friedhofer

Music

William Schurr

Additional Camera

Bertram Tuttle

Supervising Art Director

James Leicester

Other

Paul Detlefsen

Matte Painter