Virginia Weidler

Patricia Victoria Sanderson

Gene Reynolds

Thomas 'Tommy' Wilks

Guy Kibbee

Luther Marvin

Ian Hunter

Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor)

Elizabeth Patterson

Mrs. Perkins

Reginald Owen

Edwards, Marvin's Valet

Henry Hull

Red Wilks

Lois Wilson

Mrs. Ellen Creighton

Arthur Aylesworth

John Little, Orphanage Manager (uncredited)

Wade Boteler

Policeman (uncredited)

Harlan Briggs

Lem Dodd, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)

Esther Dale

Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)

John Dilson

Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

New Sentinel editor (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

Fireman (uncredited)

Russell Hicks

Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)

Mickey Kuhn

Bobby Creighton, Age 5 (uncredited)

George Irving

Dr. Bell (uncredited)

Mitchell Lewis

Fireman Telling Wilks Tommy Went Into Fire

Edward McWade

Ticket Seller at Station (uncredited)