Cast
- Gregory Peck as Anthony "Tony" Keane, Counsel for the Defence
- Ann Todd as Gay Keane
- Alida Valli as Mrs. Maddalena Anna Paradine
- Charles Laughton as Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
- Charles Coburn as Sir Simon Flaquer
- Joan Tetzel as Judy Flaquer, daughter of Simon Flaquer
- Ethel Barrymore as Lady Sophie Horfield
- Louis Jourdan as Andre Latour, Paradine's Valet
- Leo G. Carroll as Sir Joseph, Counsel for the Prosecution
- Isobel Elsom as Innkeeper
- Cast notes
- Hitchcock had originally wanted Greta Garbo to play Mrs Maddalena Anna Paradine, but she turned down the role after the screen test, which allowed Alida Valli to step into the role for her American film debut. The Paradine Case was also the American film debut of Louis Jourdan as Andre Latour, Paradine's valet. Both Valli and Jourdan hoped that the film would give them the status in the U.S. that they enjoyed in their home countries (Italy and France), but that did not come about, though Jourdan in particular went on to make many U.S. films.
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