Steve Bell, Tommy, Pig, Ape, and String are run of town. Steve, while hopping a freight card and trying to avoid the brakeman, is killed. The boys meet Steve's mother, Alice Bell and Tommy is given a job in the storage garage which she owns jointly with Mack Steward. Steve's brother Don Bell is working with some gangsters by tipping them off on valuable merchandise that can be hijacked. Pig, Ape and String overhear Don's plans to use Tommy as the fall guy in the next hijacking.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Billy HalopTommy Davis | Tommy Davis |
 Huntz HallPig | Pig |
 Grace McDonaldNorene Steward | Norene Steward |
 Bernard PunslyApe | Ape |
 Gabriel DellString | String |
 Edward NorrisClinker | Clinker |
 Virginia BrissacMrs. Bell | Mrs. Bell |
| TTommy KellySteve | Steve |
 Dick HoganDon Bell | Don Bell |
 Jed ProutyMack Steward | Mack Steward |
 Murray AlperShorty | Shorty |
 Paul FixMarco | Marco |
 Ernie AdamsThief | Thief |
 John BagniDetective #2 | Detective #2 |
| DDanny BeckMan in Flophouse | Man in Flophouse |
| CClara BloreHatchet-faced Woman | Hatchet-faced Woman |
 Ralph DunnCop | Cop |
| EEvelyn CookGirl | Girl |
 Paul DubovWaiter | Waiter |
 William ForrestDistrict Attorney | District Attorney |
 June GittelsonMatilda | Matilda |
 William GouldDetective #1 | Detective #1 |
 William HallBouncer | Bouncer |
 Sid MeltonWaiter | Waiter |
 Eddie ParkerMotorcycle Cop | Motorcycle Cop |
 Syd SaylorDrunk | Drunk |
| DDan SeymourChef | Chef |
 John SheehanManager | Manager |
| NNapoleon SimpsonSinger | Singer |
 Harry TenbrookRailroad Bull | Railroad Bull |