"An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists."
Jack Holt
as Buck Rankin
Jean Arthur
as Sandy
Donald Cook
as Bob
Allen Jenkins
as Mac
Lila Lee
as Helen
John Miljan
as Barney Gaige
Rita La Roy
as Thelma
Oscar Apfel
as Editor
Willard Robertson
as Morrison
Ward Bond
as Farley
Ernie Adams
as Ben (uncredited)
Lowden Adams
as Davis (uncredited)
Maidena Armstrong
as Fat Lady in Carnival (uncredited)
Max Barwyn
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Jack Baxley
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
as Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Borden
as Annoyed Carnival Customer (uncredited)
Harry Brown
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
James Bradbury Jr.
as Small Town Nance at Carnival (uncredited)
Edward Cecil
as Waiter (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
as Tony (uncredited)
Broderick Crawford
as Guard Outside Paradise Club (uncredited)
Jack Curtis
as Policeman (uncredited)
Bud Davies
as Contortionist at Carnival (uncredited)
James Dime
as Carnival Brawl Victim (uncredited)
Phil Dunham
as John (uncredited)
Margaret Ehrlich
as Bashful Girl (uncredited)
Rosita Foucher
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
Jolly Lee Harvey
as Fat Lady at Carnival (uncredited)
A.R. Haysel
as Warden J.R. Mackenzie (uncredited)
Lottie Hildebrand
as Small Town Woman at Carnival (uncredited)
Al Hill
as Spike (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
Kenner G. Kemp
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Rosalie Lincoln
as Maid (uncredited)
Nelson McDowell
as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Charles McMurphy
Lu Ann Meredith
Tony Merlo
Frank O'Connor
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Blanche Payson
as John’s Henpecking Wife (uncredited)
Hal Price
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Jack Raymond
as Carnival Vendor (uncredited)
Ed Schaefer
Jerome Storm
Harry Strang
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
John M. Sullivan
as Judge (uncredited)
Richard Sumner
as Clerk (uncredited)
Ethel Sykes
as Girl at Duke’s Table (uncredited)
Billie Van Every
Monte Vandergrift
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
Lillian West
as Nurse (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
as Carnival Customer in Brawl (uncredited)
Roy William Neill
Director
Howard Emmett Rogers
Story
Dorothy Howell
Screenplay
Ethel Hill
Benjamin H. Kline
Director of Photography
Richard Cahoon
Editor
Adolph L. Schafer
Assistant Camera
Dave Ragin
Camera Operator
John Hoffman
Special Effects
Glenn Rominger
Sound
Wilbur McGaugh
Assistant Director
Joseph H. August
Additional Director of Photography
John Stumar
Fayte M. Browne
Fred Dawson
Marcel Grand
Alfred S. Keller
John L. Russell
Jack Anderson
Sound Engineer
Evelyn Fontayne
Stand In
Jack Long
Stunt Double
Robert North
Supervising Producer
Harold Dodds
Casting Director
Dan Kelly