Miriam Hopkins as Mary "Swan" Rutledge Edward G. Robinson as Luis Chamalis Joel McCrea as Jim Carmichael Frank Craven as Colonel Cobb Walter Brennan as Old Atrocity Brian Donlevy as Knuckles Jacoby Clyde Cook as Oakie Harry Carey as Jed Slocum Matt McHugh as Broncho Donald Meek as Sawbuck McTavish J.M. Kerrigan as Judge Harper David Niven as Drunken Sailor Rollo Lloyd as Wigham Heinie Conklin as Gambler (uncredited) Wong Chung as Ah Wing (uncredited) Harry Tenbrook as Henchman (uncredited)