Warner Baxter

Jim Lovett

Wallace Beery

Jack Thompson

Elizabeth Allan

Nancy Marlowe

Mickey Rooney

Swifty

George Sanders

Lefty

Joseph Schildkraut

Danelo

Jane Darwell

Mrs. Marlowe

Minna Gombell

Mabel

Francis Ford

Scraps

Miles Mander

Corey

Arthur Hohl

Grimes

Billy Bevan

Atkins

Edwin Maxwell

Auctioneer

Holmes Herbert

Commander

J. Farrell MacDonald

Proprietor

Charles Middleton

Slave Dealer

Marilyn Knowlden

Girl

Douglas Scott

Boy

J.P. McGowan

Helmsman

DeWitt Jennings

Snodgrass

Dorothy Christy

Blonde

Dewey Robinson

Bartender

Herbert Heywood

Old Man

Winter Hall

Minister

Arthur Aylesworth

Stranger

Matthew Beard

Black Boy on Pier

Scotty Beckett

Boy

John Bleifer

Crew Member

Sven Hugo Borg

Crew Member

James P. Burtis

Waiter

Lon Chaney Jr.

Laborer Killed at Launching

Richard Clarke

Crew Member

Bobby Dunn

Crew Member

Eddie Dunn

Ostler

Otto Fries

Singer

Chester Gan

Crew Member

Roy Glenn

Slave in Ship's Hold

Fred Kelsey

Seaman at Auction

Tom Kennedy

Bartender

Edward LeSaint

Seaman at Auction

James C. Morton

Waiter

Len Powers

Crew Member (uncredited)

Landers Stevens

Owner

Jack Stoney

Crew Member

Dale Van Sickel

Crew Member