Eddie Bracken as Woodrow Truesmith

Ella Raines as Libby

Raymond Walburn as Mayor Everett J. Noble

William Demarest as Sgt. Heppelfinger

Franklin Pangborn as Reception Committee Chairman

Elizabeth Patterson as Martha - Libby's Aunt

Georgia Caine as Mrs. Truesmith

Al Bridge as Political Boss

Freddie Steele as Bugsy

Bill Edwards as Forrest Noble

Harry Hayden as Doc Bissell

Jimmy Conlin as Judge Dennis

Jimmie Dundee as Cpl. Candida

Chester Conklin as Western Union Man (uncredited)

Eddie Hall as Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)

Tom McGuire as Town Councilman (uncredited)

Frank Moran as Town Painter (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Robert Warwick as Marine Colonel (uncredited)

Miriam Nelson as Tap Dancer (uncredited)

Esther Howard as Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)

Bess Flowers as Woman at Train Station (uncredited)

Torben Meyer as Mr. Schultz (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt as Rev. Upperman (uncredited)

George Anderson as Bartender (uncredited)

Nora Cecil as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

Pauline Drake as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Dot Farley as Mamie's Mother (uncredited)

Jim Farley as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum as Town Councilman (uncredited)

Maxine Fife as Daughter of Colonel (uncredited)

Julie Gibson as Singer (uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson as Town Councilman (uncredited)

Stephen Gregory as Pfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited)

Mildred Harris as Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)

Len Hendry as Pfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited)

Earl Hunsaker as One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

Henry Iblings as One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

Tiny Jones as Townswoman (uncredited)

Dudley Kuzelle as One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

Philo McCullough as Town Councilman (uncredited)

George Melford as Sheriff (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore as The Porter (uncredited)

Marjean Neville as Mamie (uncredited)

Jack Norton as Second Bandleader (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard as Townsman (uncredited)

Paul Porcasi as Cafe Owner (uncredited)

Victor Potel as Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)

Merrill Rodin as Alfie (uncredited)

John Sinclair as American Legion Bandleader (uncredited)

Hal Taggart as Townsman (uncredited)