Cast
- Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Reinhard Heydrich
- Brian Donlevy as Dr. Franticek Svoboda
- Walter Brennan as Prof. Stephen Novotny
- Anna Lee as Mascha Novotny
- Gene Lockhart as Emil Czaka (brewer)
- Dennis O'Keefe as Jan Horak (Mascha's fiancé)
- Nana Bryant as Mrs. Hellie Novotny
- Margaret Wycherly as Ludmilla Novotny
- Tonio Selwart as Chief of Gestapo Kurt Haas
- Alexander Granach as Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber
- Reinhold Schünzel as Gestapo Insp. Ritter
- Cast notes
- One of von Twardowski's first film appearances was in the classic silent German expressionist horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920).
- George Irving, an actor and director who began in the early days of silent film – he directed 35 films, all silent, and appeared as an actor in 251 movies from 1914 to 1948 – has a small part as one of the hostages.
- Gravel-voiced character actor Lionel Stander has a small part as a taxi-driver. Stander's film career has a ten-year gap in it due to being blacklisted after his Communist Party membership was revealed during hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).
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