Professor Hobart Frisbee

Danny Kaye

Honey Swanson

Virginia Mayo

Professor Magenbruch

Benny Goodman

Professor Twingle

Hugh Herbert

Tommy Dorsey

Tommy Dorsey

Tony Crow

Steve Cochran

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Lionel Hampton

Lionel Hampton

Dr. Elfini

J. Edward Bromberg

Professor Gerkikoff

Felix Bressart

Charlie Barnet

Charlie Barnet

Mel Powell

Mel Powell

Prof. Traumer

Ludwig Stossel

Buck

Ford Washington Lee

Professor Oddly

O.Z. Whitehead

Bubbles

John 'Bubbles' Sublett

Miss Bragg

Esther Dale

The Samba Kings (as Russo and The Samba Kings)

Samba Kings

Miss Totten

Mary Field

Page Cavanaugh

Page Cavanaugh

Mr. Setter

Howland Chamberlin

Joe

Paul Langton

Adams

Sidney Blackmer

Orlandus Wilson

Orlandus Wilson

Monte

Ben Welden

Ben

Ben Chasen

Louis

Peter Virgo

District Attorney

Joseph Crehan

Policeman at Inn

Lane Chandler

Gangster

Joe Devlin

Justice of the Peace

Robert Dudley

Stenotypist

Jack Gargan

Waiter

Muni Seroff

Waiter

Will Lee

Bassist

Harry Babasin

Girl with Samba King

Norma Gentner

Cigarette Girl

Susan George

Drums

Louie Bellson

Drummer

Louis Bellson

Guitarist

Alton Hendrickson

Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Sue George

Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)

Milicent Patrick

Laurindo Almeida (uncredited)

Laurindo Almeida

Themselves

Russo and the Samba Kings

Chef at the Dixieland

John Impolito

Woman at Dorsey Club

Alice Wallace

Detective from D.A.'s Office

William Haade

Woman at Crow's Nest

Karen X. Gaylord

Woman at Crow's Nest

Irene Vernon

Chorus Girl at Crow's Nest

Diana Mumby

Chorus Girl at Crow's Nest

Martha Montgomery

Chorus Girl at Crow's Nest

Marjorie Jackson

Chorus Girl at Crow's Nest

Shirley Ballard

Messenger

Donald Wilmot

Barbara Hamilton

Jeffrey Sayre

Photographer at Dorsey Club

Patricia Walker