Richard Cromwell
Matt Clay
Donald Meek
Prosecutor John Felder
Judith Dickens
Carrie Sue (credit only)
Eddie Quillan
Adam Clay
Spencer Charters
Judge Herbert A. Bell
Ward Bond
John Palmer Cass
Jack Kelly
Matt Clay as a Boy (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
John T. Stuart (uncredited)
Milburn Stone
Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Man with Lynch Mob
Sam Ash
Townsman Dancing at Party
Arthur Aylesworth
New Salem Townsman
Dorris Bowdon
Carrie Sue
Virginia Brissac
Peach Pie Baker
Paul E. Burns
Loafer
George Chandler
Loafer
Cliff Clark
Sheriff Gil Billings
Frank Dae
Townsman
Francis Ford
Sam Boone
Harold Goodwin
Jeremiah Carter
Charles Halton
Hawthorne
Herbert Heywood
Tug-o'-War Contest Official
Robert Homans
Mr. Clay
Dickie Jones
Adam Clay as a Boy
Fred Kohler Jr.
Scrub White
Kay Linaker
Mrs. Edwards
Robert Lowery
Juror Bill Killian
James Pier Mason
Juror
Louis Mason
Court Clerk
Sylvia McClure
Baby Clay
Ivor McFadden
Juror
Tom McGuire
Bailiff
Robert Milasch
Townsman
Dave Morris
Loafer
Frank Orth
Loafer
Jack Pennick
Big Buck Troop
Randall Stevens
Juror
Russell Simpson
Woolridge
Charles Tannen
Ninian Edwards
Harry Tyler
Barber
Dorothy Vaughan
Apple Pie Baker
Billy Watson
Boy on Right of Bean Shooter
Delmar Watson
Admiring Boy in New Salem
Robert Shaw
Dancer in Ballroom Seen Dancing with Old Woman