 | Joan Crawford als Mildred Pierce |
 | Jack Carson als Wally Fay |
 | Zachary Scott als Monte Beragon |
 | Eve Arden als Ida Corwin |
 | Ann Blyth als Veda Pierce Forrester |
 | Bruce Bennett als Albert 'Bert' Pierce |
 | Lee Patrick als Maggie Biederhof |
 | Moroni Olsen als Inspector Peterson |
 | Veda Ann Borg als Miriam Ellis |
 | Jo Ann Marlowe als Kay Pierce |
 | Butterfly McQueen als Lottie (uncredited) |
 | Bill Alcorn als Soldier (uncredited) |
 | Betty Alexander als Party Guest (uncredited) |
 | Ramsay Ames als Party Guest (uncredited) |
| George Anderson als Peterson's Assistant (uncredited) |
 | Robert Arthur als High School Boy (uncredited) |
 | Lynn Baggett als Waitress (uncredited) |
 | Leah Baird als Police Matron (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Barrett als Dorothy (uncredited) |
 | Barbara Brown als Mrs. Forrester (uncredited) |
 | Claire Carleton als Thieving Waitress (uncredited) |
| Doria Caron als Waitress (uncredited) |
 | Wheaton Chambers als Personnel Man (uncredited) |
 | Wallis Clark als Wally's Lawyer (uncredited) |
 | Chester Clute als Mr. Jones (uncredited) |
| John Compton als Theodore 'Ted' Ellison Forrester (uncredited) |
 | Joyce Compton als Waitress (uncredited) |
 | Clancy Cooper als Policeman (uncredited) |
| David Cota als Pancho (uncredited) |
| Tom Dillon als Policeman (uncredited) |
 | James Flavin als Detective (uncredited) |
 | Bess Flowers als Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
 | Angela Greene als Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Hack als Little Girl (uncredited) |
 | Arthur Stuart Hull als First Night Diner With Cane (uncredited) |
 | Charles Jordan als Policeman (uncredited) |
 | Marjorie Kane als Waitress (uncredited) |
 | Fred Kelsey als Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited) |
| Richard Kipling als Personnel Man (uncredited) |
| Manart Kippen als Dr. Gale (uncredited) |
 | Marion Lessing als Waitress (uncredited) |
| Jimmy Lono als Monte's Houseboy (uncredited) |
| Jean Lorraine als Woman (uncredited) |
 | George Meader als Man (uncredited) |
 | Harold Miller als Man (uncredited) |
 | Jack Mower als Jack the Mailman (uncredited) |
 | Frank O'Connor als First Night Diner (uncredited) |
 | Garry Owen als Policeman on Pier (uncredited) |
 | Paul Panzer als Waiter (uncredited) |
| Larry Rio als Reporter (uncredited) |
| William Ruhl als Personnel Man (uncredited) |
 | Jeffrey Sayre als Diner Customer (uncredited) |
 | Mary Servoss als Nurse (uncredited) |
 | George Tobias als Mr. Chris (uncredited) |
 | Charles Trowbridge als Mrs. Forrester's Lawyer (uncredited) |
| Johnny Walsh als Delivery Man (uncredited) |
 | Joan Winfield als Piano Teacher (uncredited) |
| John Christian als Singing Teacher (uncredited) |
| Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
| David Weisbart | Editor |
| Ernest Haller | Director of Photography |
| Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Michael Curtiz | Director |
| George James Hopkins | Set Decoration |
| Perc Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Oliver S. Garretson | Sound |
| Hugo Friedhofer | Music |
| James M. Cain | Novel |
| Leo F. Forbstein | Music Director |
| Ranald MacDougall | Screenplay |
| Jerry Wald | Producer |
| Milo Anderson | Costume Design |
| Anton Grot | Art Direction |
| Willard Van Enger | Special Effects |
| James Leicester | Other |
| Frank Heath | Assistant Director |
| Herschel Daugherty | Dialogue |
| Bertram Tuttle | Supervising Art Director |
| Bill Cooley | Makeup Artist |
| Harry Barndollar | Special Effects |
| Edwin Allen | Makeup Artist |
| Dick Moder | Assistant Director |
| Robert G. Wayne | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Milton Gold | Still Photographer |
| William Schurr | Additional Camera |
| Paul Detlefsen | Matte Painter |
