
| William Powell | ... | Nick Charles |

| Myrna Loy | ... | Nora Charles |
 | Virginia Grey | ... | Lois MacFay / Linda Mills |

| Otto Kruger | ... | Assistant District Attorney Van Slack |
 | C. Aubrey Smith | ... | Colonel Burr MacFay |
 | Ruth Hussey | ... | Dorothy Waters, Charles' Nanny |
 | Nat Pendleton | ... | Lieutenant Guild |
 | Patric Knowles | ... | Dudley Horn, Lois' Fiance |
 | Tom Neal | ... | Freddie Coleman, MacFay's Secretary |
 | Phyllis Gordon | ... | Mrs. Isabella Bellam, MacFay's Housekeeper |
 | Sheldon Leonard | ... | Phil Church |
 | Don Costello | ... | 'Diamond Back' Vogel |
 | Harry Bellaver | ... | 'Creeps' Binder |
 | William A. Poulsen | ... | Nicky Charles Jr. |
 | Muriel Hutchison | ... | H. Culverton 'Smitty' Smith |
 | Abner Biberman | ... | Dum-Dum, Church's Henchman |
 | Marjorie Main | ... | Mrs. Dolley, Landlord Chesterfield Apartments |
 | Asta | ... | Himself (dog) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: |
 | Alexander D'Arcy | ... | Gigolo Who Danced with Nora Charles at West Indies Club (scenes deleted) |
 | Murray Alper | ... | Larry, a Father (uncredited) |
 | Sandra Andreva | ... | Woman Sitting with Nick in Cafe (uncredited) |
 | Roy Barcroft | ... | Slim, a Guard (uncredited) |
 | James Blaine | ... | Policeman in Charles' Suite (uncredited) |
 | Charles Brokaw | ... | State Trooper (uncredited) |
 | Paul E. Burns | ... | Ticket Agent (uncredited) |
 | Eddie Buzard | ... | Newsboy (uncredited) |
 | Richard Calderon | ... | Raphael, Wacky's Baby (uncredited) |
 | Anita Camargo | ... | Hat Check Girl (uncredited) |
 | Jack Clifford | ... | Policeman (uncredited) |
 | Frank Coletti | ... | State Trooper (uncredited) |
 | Nell Craig | ... | Charles' First Nursemaid (uncredited) |
 | Carmen D'Antonio | ... | Specialty Dancer (uncredited) |
 | Joe Devlin | ... | Barney, MacFay's Bodyguard (uncredited) |
 | Joe Downing | ... | Hoodlum (uncredited) |
 | Ralph Dunn | ... | Baggage Man (uncredited) |
 | Dick Elliott | ... | Detective (uncredited) |
 | Matty Fain | ... | Hoodlum Telephoning Nick (uncredited) |
 | Walter Fenner | ... | Detective (uncredited) |
 | Miguel Fernández Mila | ... | Specialty Dancer (uncredited) |
 | Jack Gardner | ... | Driver (uncredited) |
 | Edward Gargan | ... | Detective Quinn (uncredited) |
 | Martin Garralaga | ... | Pedro, the Informant (uncredited) |
 | Eddie Gribbon | ... | Baggage Man (uncredited) |
 | Rosemary Grimes | ... | Woman Sitting with Nick in Cafe (uncredited) |
 | George Guhl | ... | Second Gate Guard (uncredited) |
 | James Guilfoyle | ... | Jake (uncredited) |

| Eddie Hall | ... | Second Baggage Man at Train Station (uncredited) |
 | Edward Hearn | ... | Detective (uncredited) |
 | Shemp Howard | ... | Wacky (uncredited) |
 | Thomas E. Jackson | ... | Detective (uncredited) |
 | Gladden James | ... | Fingerprint Man (uncredited) |
 | John Kelly | ... | A Father (uncredited) |
 | Milton Kibbee | ... | Detective (uncredited) |
 | Toni LaRue | ... | Woman Sitting with Nick in Cafe (uncredited) |
 | Alphonse Martell | ... | West Indies Club Waiter (uncredited) |
 | Pat McKee | ... | A Father (uncredited) |
 | Horace McMahon | ... | MacFay's Chauffeur (uncredited) |
 | Rudolph Medina | ... | Specialty Dancer (uncredited) |
 | Tina Menard | ... | Woman Sitting with Nick in Cafe (uncredited) |
 | Howard M. Mitchell | ... | Policeman (uncredited) |
 | Frank Moran | ... | Butch, a Father (uncredited) |
 | Alberto Morin | ... | West Indies Club Waiter (uncredited) |
 | Paul Newlan | ... | Tom--Bodyguard (uncredited) |
 | Nellie V. Nichols | ... | Raphael's Mother (uncredited) |
 | William Pagan | ... | Policeman (uncredited) |
 | Nestor Paiva | ... | West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited) |
 | Eddie Parker | ... | State Trooper (uncredited) |
 | Milton Parsons | ... | Coroner (uncredited) |
 | Guy Rett | ... | First Waiter (uncredited) |
 | Bert Roach | ... | Cookie, the Drinker (uncredited) |
 | Claire Rochelle | ... | Telephone Operator (uncredited) |
 | Constantine Romanoff | ... | Tall - ugly father in derby (uncredited) |
 | Ramon Ros | ... | Specialty Dancer (uncredited) |
 | Charles Sherlock | ... | Police Photographer (uncredited) |
 | Lee Shumway | ... | Policeman (uncredited) |
 | Rafael Storm | ... | Gigolo Who Danced with Nora Charles at West Indies Club (uncredited) |
 | Frank Sully | ... | Pete, a Father (uncredited) |
 | William Tannen | ... | State Trooper (uncredited) |
 | Stanley Taylor | ... | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
 | Fred Velasco | ... | Specialty Dancer (uncredited) |
 | Blanca Vischer | ... | Woman Sitting with Nick in Cafe (uncredited) |
 | Doodles Weaver | ... | Gatekeeper, MacFay Estate (uncredited) |