Joel McCrea (John Jones), Laraine Day (Carol Fisher), Herbert Marshall (Stephen Fisher), George Sanders (Scott Folliott), Albert Bassermann (Van Meer), Robert Benchley (Stebbins), Edmund Gwenn (Rowley), Eduardo Ciannelli (Mr. Krug), Harry Davenport (Mr. Powers), Martin Kosleck (Tramp), Emory Parnell ('Mohawk'-Captain), Ian Wolfe (Stiles), Charles Wagenheim (Attentäter), Charles Halton (Bradley), Marten Lamont (Flugzeugkapitän), Barbara Pepper (Dorine), Holmes Herbert (Assistant Commissioner), Leonard Mudie (Inspector McKenna), Samuel Adams (Van Meer's Doppelgänger), Alfred Hitchcock (Zeitungsleser), Roy Gordon (Mr. Brood), Gertrude Hoffman (Mrs. Benson), Jane Novak (Miss Benson), John Burton (englischer Ansager), Frances Carson (Mrs. Sprague), Willy Castello (Krugs Handlanger an der Windmühle), Eddie Conrad (lettischer Diplomat), Betty Bradley (Cousine Mary), Louis Borel (Captain Lawson), Becky Bohanon (Sophie), Meeka Aldrich (Donalds Frau), Barry Bernard (Steward)