Ann Sheridan as Zelda Manion

Dick Powell as Professor Donald Hardwick

Gale Page as Linda McKay

Helen Broderick as Aunt Martha Hogan

Ronald Reagan as Eddie

Allen Jenkins as Joe Dirk

Zasu Pitts as Aunt Penelope Hardwick

Maxie Rosenbloom as Killer

Jerry Colonna as Allie Gray

Luis Alberni as Stanislaus Pysinski

Vera Lewis as Aunt Annabella Hardwick

Elizabeth Dunne as Aunt Henrietta Hardwick

William B. Davidson as Samuel 'Sam' 'Simsy' Hudson - Music Publisher

Granville Bates as Judge Kennith B. Walters, Superior Court

Halliwell Hobbes as Dean Burton, Winfield College

Sidney Bracey as Professor Listening to Radio (uncredited)

Daisy Bufford as Daisy, Zelda's Maid (uncredited)

Nat Carr as Extra in Nightclub (uncredited)

Maurice Cass as Mr. Maurice, First Witness (uncredited)

Hobart Cavanaugh as Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited)

Elise Cavanna as Pansey, Hardwick Maid (uncredited)

Glen Cavender as Extra at Bar (uncredited)

Midgie Dare as Jitterbug Dancer (uncredited)

Maxie Lee Dorf as Jitterbug Dancer (uncredited)

Sol Gorss as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

William Gould as Bailiff (uncredited)

Eddie Graham as Attorney at Plaintiff's Table (uncredited)

Harrison Greene as Second Bartender Making Phone Call (uncredited)

Bert Hanlon as Arranger Johnny Collins (uncredited)

John Harron as Freddie, Court Clerk (uncredited)

Peter Lind Hayes as Bandleader in Nightclub (uncredited)

Al Herman as Second Waiter (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes as Capt. Gregory Waddington-Smith (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson as Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)

Al Lloyd as Radio Listener, with the Professors (uncredited)

Jerry Mandy as First Waiter (uncredited)

Frank Mayo as Frank, Superior Court Bailiff (uncredited)

Edward McWade as Professor Trill (uncredited)

Jack Mower as Professor Listening to Radio (uncredited)

David Newell as Attorney at Defense Table (uncredited)

William Newell as Arranger (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell as Professor Listening to Radio (uncredited)

Garry Owen as Bartender (uncredited)

Herbert Rawlinson as Hardwick's Attorney (uncredited)

John Ridgely as Harry, Hudson's Assistant (uncredited)

Sally Sage as Miss Danning (uncredited)

Cliff Saum as Radio Announcer Starting Program (uncredited)

Bobby Sherwood as Announcer (uncredited)

Larry Steers as Extra in Nightclub (uncredited)

Grady Sutton as Mr. Mankton (uncredited)

Leo White as Extra in Courtroom (uncredited)

Ernest Wood as First Headwaiter (uncredited)