"Searching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to air a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved."
Humphrey Bogart
as Sherry Scott
Beverly Roberts
as Alma Ross
Linda Perry
as Edith Carstairs
Carlyle Moore Jr.
as Malcolm Sims Jr.
Henry O'Neill
as Jim Carstairs
Helen MacKellar
as Martha Carstairs
Claire Dodd
as Cora Latimer
Hobart Cavanaugh
as Tippy Mantus
Harry Hayden
as Dr. Martin Leavenworth
Robert Middlemass
as Bertram C. Reynolds
Clay Clement
as Mr. Banning
Douglas Wood
as Malcolm Sims
Virginia Brissac
as Marion Sims
Paula Stone
as Miss Symonds
Robert Gordon
as Herman Mills
Frank Orth
as Tommy - Bartender
Howard Hickman
as Dr. Maguire
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
as Sound Mixer
Bill Elliott
as News Commentator (uncredited)
Charles E. Evans
as News Vendor (uncredited)
George Fisher
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
John Hiestand
as Radio Announcer #1 (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
as Writer #2 (uncredited)
Jack McHugh
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
as Extra in Bar (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.
as Coroner (uncredited)
Bill Ray
Paul Regan
as Maxey (uncredited)
Pietro Sosso
as Williams - Sims' Butler (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
as Board Chairman (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
William C. McGann
Director
Michael Jacoby
Screenplay
Frank Mattison
Unit Manager
C.A. Riggs
Sound Recordist
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Rex Wimpy
Special Effects
Frank Magee
Editor
Sidney Hickox
Director of Photography
Esdras Hartley
Art Direction
Louis Weitzenkorn
Theatre Play
Hal B. Wallis
Carroll Sax
Assistant Director
Fred Jackman Jr.
Bernhard Kaun
Original Music Composer
Louis Dunlap
Music
Heinz Roemheld
Charles Carpenter