"A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness."
Barbara Stanwyck
as Lily Powers
George Brent
as Courtland Trenholm
Donald Cook
as Ned Stevens
Alphonse Ethier
as Adolf Cragg
Henry Kolker
as J.R. Carter
Margaret Lindsay
as Ann Carter
Arthur Hohl
as Ed Sipple
John Wayne
as Jimmy McCoy Jr.
Robert Barrat
as Nick Powers
Douglass Dumbrille
as Brody
Theresa Harris
as Chico
Joan Barclay
as Job Seeker (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
as Hodges (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
as Speakeasy Waiter (uncredited)
Grace Hayle
as Mrs. Hemingway (uncredited)
Maynard Holmes
as Pratt - Personnel Office (uncredited)
Nat Pendleton
as Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited)
Edward Van Sloan
as Jameson - Bank Director (uncredited)
Toby Wing
as Office Worker (uncredited)
James Bush
as Paris Bank Clerk (uncredited)
Jack Curtis
as Speakeasy Customer (uncredited)
Frank Darien
as Paris Bank Agent (uncredited)
John Elliott
as Bank Director (uncredited)
Harry Gribbon
as Doorman (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Reginald Mason
as Gault - Bank Director (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
as Office Boy (uncredited)
Henry Otho
as Laborer (uncredited)
Donna Mae Roberts
Matty Roubert
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
Charles Sellon
as Vanderlure - Bank Director (uncredited)
Harry Semels
as Speakeasy Drunk (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Jacques Vanaire
Sailor Vincent
Renee Whitney
Josephine Whittell
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Arthur De Kuh
as Lutza (uncredited)
Harry Forsman
James Murray
as Brakeman (uncredited)
Dick Winslow
James Van Trees
Director of Photography
Darryl F. Zanuck
Story
William LeBaron
Producer
Howard Bretherton
Editor
Gene Markey
Screenplay
Kathryn Scola
Alfred E. Green
Director
Leo F. Forbstein
Conductor
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Oliver S. Garretson
Sound
Anton Grot
Art Direction
Buddy Longworth
Still Photographer
William Maybery
Casting Assistant
William Forsyth
Raymond Griffith
Fred Fox
Assistant Director
Maxwell Arnow
Casting