"After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast."
James Cagney
as Bat Morgan
Margaret Lindsay
as Jean Barrat
Ricardo Cortez
as Paul Morra
Lili Damita
as Belle Morra
Donald Woods
as Charles Ford
Barton MacLane
as Spider Burke
George E. Stone
as Solomon "Solly" Green
Joe King
as James "Jim" Daley (as Joseph King)
Addison Richards
as William Coleman
Robert McWade
as Judge Stephen Crawford
Joseph Crehan
as McClanahan
Robert Strange
as Graber
Joe Sawyer
as Slugs Crippen (as Joseph Sawyer)
Fred Kohler
as Shanghai Duck
Edward McWade
as Tupper
Claudia Coleman
as Jumping Whale
John Wray
as The Weasel
Don Barclay
as Drunk (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
as Receiver of Shanghaied Men (uncredited)
Helene Chadwick
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Wong Chung
as Chung (uncredited)
Jack Curtis
as Captain (uncredited)
Bill Dale
as Vigilante (uncredited)
Alan Davis
as Young Drunk (uncredited)
William Desmond
as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
John T. Dillon
as Second Policeman (uncredited)
Don Downen
as Opera House Usher (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
as Vigilante Leader (uncredited)
John Elliott
as Doctor Attending Ford (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Karl Hackett
as Card Dealer (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
William Holmes
as Second Man (uncredited)
Edward Keane
as Contractor (uncredited)
Dick Kerr
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
as Shop Man (uncredited)
Alice Lake
Edward LeSaint
Walter Long
as Gambling Miner (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
as First Policeman (uncredited)
Joe Smith Marba
as Henchman (uncredited)
Ivor McFadden
as First Lookout (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
as Speaker (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
as First Man (uncredited)
James C. Morton
Mrs. Wilfrid North
as Mrs. Crawford (uncredited)
Jessie Perry
as Ellen - Maid (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Second Lookout (uncredited)
Dick Rush
Harry Seymour
as Salesman (uncredited)
Frank Sheridan
as Mulligan - Jailer (uncredited)
Claire Sinclair
as Madame (uncredited)
Vera Steadman
Landers Stevens
as Doctor (uncredited)
Eddie Sturgis
as Rat Face (uncredited)
Jane Talent
Estelle Taylor
Harry Tenbrook
William Wagner
as Evangelist in The Occidental (uncredited)
Bob Woodward
Stunts
John Hughes
Art Direction
Owen Marks
Editor
Jack Sullivan
Assistant Director
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Bernhard Kaun
Original Music Composer
Harvey Parry
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Samuel Bischoff
Producer
Seton I. Miller
Screenplay
Story
Warren Duff
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Lloyd Bacon
Director