Red Skelton as Joseph 'Joe' Rivington Renolds

Eleanor Powell as Miss Constance 'Connie' Shaw

Richard Ainley as Larry West

Patricia Dane as Suretta Brenton

Sam Levene as Ed Jackson

Thurston Hall as Kenneth 'Ken' Cawlor

Lena Horne as Herself

Hazel Scott as Herself

Jimmy Dorsey as Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)

Helen O'Connell as Herself

Bob Eberly as Himself

John Hodiak as Roy Hartwood

Butterfly McQueen as Annette

Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Alice Spelvin

Andrew Tombes as Mr. Alfred Spelvin

Ford Washington Lee as Buck

John 'Bubbles' Sublett as Bubbles

Gino Corrado as Waiter (uncredited)

Tommy Dorsey as Tommy Dorsey (uncredited)

James Flavin as Federal Agent (uncredited)

Charles Judels as Pete, Stage Manager (uncredited)

Clinton Rosemond as Actor in Play as Uncle Sig (uncredited)

Joe Yule as Theatre Doorman (uncredited)