"An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her."
Bette Davis
as Stanley Timberlake Kingsmill
Olivia de Havilland
as Roy Timberlake
George Brent
as Craig Fleming
Dennis Morgan
as Peter Kingsmill
Charles Coburn
as William Fitzroy
Frank Craven
as Asa Timberlake
Billie Burke
as Lavinia Timberlake
Hattie McDaniel
as Minerva Clay
Lee Patrick
as Betty Wilmoth
Mary Servoss
as Charlotte Fitzroy
Ernest Anderson
as Parry Clay
William B. Davidson
as Jim Purdy
Edward Fielding
as Dr. Buchanan
John Hamilton
as Police Inspector Millett
William Forrest
as Forest Ranger
Eddie Acuff
as Worker (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Al Bridge
Walter Brooke
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
as Policeman Fallon (uncredited)
Dudley Dickerson
as Waiter (uncredited)
Frank Fanning
as Police Detective with Millett (uncredited)
Ruth Ford
as Mother of Accident Victim (uncredited)
Eddie Graham
as Police Telephone Operator #2 (uncredited)
Jester Hairston
as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
Walter Huston
as Bartender (uncredited)
Freddie Jackson
Fred Kelsey
as Jailer (uncredited)
Reid Kilpatrick
as Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
as Policeman in Car (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
Patrick McVey
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Billy Mitchell
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Jack Mower
Lee Phelps
as Police Telephone Operator (uncredited)
George H. Reed
as Fitzroy's Butler (uncredited)
Napoleon Simpson
Elliott Sullivan
Billy Wayne
as Customer (uncredited)
Buck Woods
Howard Koch
Screenplay
John Huston
Director
Ellen Glasgow
Novel
William Holmes
Editor
Robert M. Haas
Art Direction
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Ernest Haller
Director of Photography
Jack Sullivan
Assistant Director
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Robert B. Lee
Sound
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Robert Burks
Special Effects
Byron Haskin
Audrey Scott
Stunt Double
Raoul Walsh