
| Bonita Granville | ... | Nancy Drew |
 | John Litel | ... | Carson Drew |
 | Frankie Thomas | ... | Ted Nickerson (as Frank Thomas Jr.) |
 | Mary Lee | ... | Mary Nickerson |
 | Dickie Jones | ... | Killer Parkins |
 | Larry Williams | ... | Miles Lambert |
 | Betty Amann | ... | Eula Denning |
 | Thomas E. Jackson | ... | City Editor Bostwick (as Thomas Jackson) |
 | Olin Howland | ... | Sergeant Entwhistle |
 | Sheila Bromley | ... | Bonnie Lucas |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: |
 | Hooper Atchley | ... | The Chemist (uncredited) |
 | Irving Bacon | ... | Tracy (uncredited) |

| Frankie Burke | ... | Beldenburg Hotel Bellboy (uncredited) |
 | Nat Carr | ... | Dr. Carey, the Coroner (uncredited) |
 | Glen Cavender | ... | Extra, Office Worker / Bedbug Hotel Passerby (uncredited) |
 | Loia Cheaney | ... | Extra, Office Worker (uncredited) |
 | Steve Clark | ... | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
 | Jimmy Conlin | ... | Newspaper Morgue-Keeper (uncredited) |
 | Clyde Courtright | ... | Hotel Doorman (uncredited) |
 | John Dilson | ... | Deputy Coroner (uncredited) |
 | Edgar Edwards | ... | Drunk (uncredited) |
 | Jimmie Fox | ... | Gym Trainer (uncredited) |
 | Paul Fung | ... | Mandarin Cafe Waiter (uncredited) |
 | Willie Fung | ... | Mandarin Cafe Proprietor (uncredited) |
 | Chester Gan | ... | Mandarin Cafe Headwaiter (uncredited) |
 | Jack Gardner | ... | (uncredited) |
 | Jack A. Goodrich | ... | Photographer in Courtroom (uncredited) |
 | Sol Gorss | ... | Citizen Driver (uncredited) |
 | William Gould | ... | The Judge (uncredited) |
 | Eddie Graham | ... | Passerby Extra During Chase (uncredited) |
 | Kit Guard | ... | Man at Gym Counter (uncredited) |
 | George Guhl | ... | Police Guard at Lambert Estate (uncredited) |
 | Florence Halop | ... | Phyllis Gimble, Journalism Student (uncredited) |
 | Charles Halton | ... | Newspaper Publicity Man (uncredited) |
 | Al Herman | ... | Gym Spectator (uncredited) |
 | Harry Hollingsworth | ... | Policeman (uncredited) |
 | William Hopper | ... | Bit Role (uncredited) |
 | Jack Kenny | ... | Gym Spectator with Cigar (uncredited) |

| Joan Leslie | ... | Mayme, Journalism Student (uncredited) |
 | Al Lloyd | ... | Extra, Pedestrian Outside Hotel (uncredited) |
 | George Lloyd | ... | Maxie - Gym Attendant (uncredited) |
 | Charles Marsh | ... | Beldenburg Hotel Engineer (uncredited) |
 | Frank Mayo | ... | Man Leaving Courthouse (uncredited) |
 | Jack Mower | ... | Deputy Coroner (uncredited) |
 | Leonard Mudie | ... | Deputy District Attorney Garrett (uncredited) |
 | George Offerman Jr. | ... | Tribune Office Boy (uncredited) |
 | Frank Orth | ... | Captain Tweedy (uncredited) |
 | Bob Perry | ... | Man at Gym Gate (uncredited) |
 | Jack Perry | ... | Soxie Anthens (uncredited) |
 | Jessie Perry | ... | Second Prison Matron (uncredited) |
 | Renie Riano | ... | Effie Schneider, Drew Housekeeper (uncredited) |
 | John J. Richardson | ... | Joe, Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
 | John Ridgely | ... | Beldenburg Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
 | Betty Roadman | ... | First Prison Matron (uncredited) |
 | Cliff Saum | ... | Policeman Outside Courthouse (uncredited) |
 | Charles Smith | ... | Charles, Journalism Student (uncredited) |
 | Charles Sullivan | ... | Gym Spectator (uncredited) |
 | Elliott Sullivan | ... | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
 | Joanne Tree | ... | Bit Part (uncredited) |
 | Lois Verner | ... | Theresa, Journalism Student (uncredited) |
 | Jack Wagner | ... | Jack, Journalism Student (uncredited) |
 | Pat West | ... | Jake, Gym Trainer (uncredited) |
 | Leo White | ... | Extra, Office Worker (uncredited) |
 | Jack Wise | ... | Extra, Office Worker (uncredited) |
 | Walter Young | ... | Doctor Hibbard (uncredited) |