"Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo."
Warner Baxter
as Jim Lovett
Wallace Beery
as Jack Thompson
Elizabeth Allan
as Nancy Marlowe
Mickey Rooney
as Swifty
George Sanders
as Lefty
Joseph Schildkraut
as Danelo
Jane Darwell
as Mrs. Marlowe
Minna Gombell
as Mabel
Francis Ford
as Scraps
Miles Mander
as Corey
Arthur Hohl
as Grimes
Billy Bevan
as Atkins
Edwin Maxwell
as Auctioneer
Holmes Herbert
as Commander
Paul Hurst
as Drunk
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Proprietor
Charles Middleton
as Slave Dealer
Marilyn Knowlden
as Girl
Douglas Scott
as Boy
J.P. McGowan
as Helmsman
DeWitt Jennings
as Snodgrass
Jane Jones
as Ma Belcher
Dorothy Christy
as Blonde
Dewey Robinson
as Bartender
Herbert Heywood
as Old Man
Winter Hall
as Minister
Arthur Aylesworth
as Stranger
Bull Anderson
as Crew Member
Matthew Beard
as Black Boy on Pier
Scotty Beckett
John Bleifer
Sven Hugo Borg
Anita Brown
as Slave Woman
George Bruggeman
James P. Burtis
as Waiter
John Burton
as Officer
Jack Byron
Lon Chaney Jr.
as Laborer Killed at Launching
Russ Clark
as Laborer
Richard Clarke
Larry Dods
George Du Count
Bobby Dunn
Eddie Dunn
as Ostler
Art Dupuis
Otto Fries
as Singer
Chester Gan
Roy Glenn
as Slave in Ship's Hold
Charles Griffin
Mel Kalish
Fred Kelsey
as Seaman at Auction
Tom Kennedy
Edward LeSaint
Jack Low
Frank Meredith
James C. Morton
Remington Olmsted
Lionel Pape
Len Powers
as Crew Member (uncredited)
Robert St. Angelo
Landers Stevens
as Owner
Jack Stoney
Dale Van Sickel
John Wallace
Tay Garnett
Director
Sam Hellman
Screenplay
Lamar Trotti
Gladys Lehman
William Faulkner
Story
George S. King
Novel
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Nunnally Johnson
Associate Producer
Lloyd Nosler
Editor
Hans Peters
Art Direction
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Royer
Costume Design
Booth McCracken
Assistant Director
Ernest Palmer
Director of Photography
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer