"A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket."
Humphrey Bogart
as John "Czar" Martin
George Brent
as Denny Jordan
Gloria Dickson
as Nora Jordan
Allen Jenkins
as Skeets Wilson
Walter Abel
as Hugh Allison
Henry O'Neill
as Governor
Penny Singleton
as Gladys Christie
Anthony Averill
as Dave Crane
Oscar O'Shea
as Pop Wilson
Elliott Sullivan
as Charlie Smith
Fay Helm
as Mrs. Charlie Smith
Joe Downing
as Joe Pender
Norman Willis
as Gus Hawkins
Don Rowan
as Cliff Kimball
Irving Bacon
as Counter Man (uncredited)
Egon Brecher
as Peters (uncredited)
Nat Carr
as Merchant (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Loia Cheaney
as Angry Woman At Strike (uncredited)
Harvey Clark
Georgie Cooper
as Woman On Platform (uncredited)
Mary Currier
as Mrs. Hugh Allison (uncredited)
William B. Davidson
as Trucking Chairman (uncredited)
Alan Davis
Joe De Stefani
as Proprietor (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
John Dilson
as Mr. Robbins (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Jack A. Goodrich
as Clerk (uncredited)
William Gould
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
John Harron
as Allison's Stenographer (uncredited)
Gordon Hart
as Minister (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
Herbert Heywood
as Gas Station Owner (uncredited)
Jan Holm
as Cotwald Sanitarium Nurse (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
as Vic Thompson (uncredited)
Paul Irving
as John H. Herbert (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet
as City Hospital Doctor #1 (uncredited)
Jack Kenney
Ethan Laidlaw
as Martin's Henchman (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
as Jordan's Neighbor (uncredited)
George Lloyd
Jean Maddox
as Angry Woman at Strike (uncredited)
Bruce Mitchell
as Deputy (uncredited)
Jack Mower
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Harry Myers
as Court Stenographer (uncredited)
James Nolan
as Jim Smith (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
as Business Man (uncredited)
Jimmy O'Gatty
Paul Panzer
Bob Perry
James Pierce
Dick Rich
as Truck Driver Sick of Pop (uncredited)
John Ridgely
as Yellow Stripe Truck Driver (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
as Policeman (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
as Cotwald Sanitarium Doctor #2 (uncredited)
Robert Strange
as Martin's Lawyer (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Charles Trowbridge
as Martin's Trial Judge #2 (uncredited)
Don Turner
Dale Van Sickel
as Special Officer (uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
as Detective (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
Cecil Weston
Jack Wise
as Cashier (uncredited)
Leonardo Bercovici
Screenplay
Lloyd Bacon
Director
Robert Rossen
Robert B. Lee
Sound
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Howard Shoup
Costume Design
Esdras Hartley
Art Direction
Arthur Edeson
Director of Photography
Adolph Deutsch
Original Music Composer
James Gibbon
Editor