"A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor."
Frank Morgan
as J. Daniel 'Dan' Thompson
Mary Howard
as Mary Thompson
Billie Burke
as Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper
Donald Meek
as Professor Charles W. Birdo
Marjorie Main
as Irma, the Cook
Connie Gilchrist
as Mrs. Evelyn Diamond
Bonita Granville
as Francine 'Frankie' Diamond
Dan Dailey
as Ed LeMotte (as Dan Dailey Jr.)
Andrew Tombes
as 'Doc' Dunbar
Walter Catlett
as 'Doc' Skelby
Joseph J. Greene
as Mr. Robert Emmett Ferderber, Private Detective (as Joseph J. Green)
Phil Silvers
as Murdock, Side Show Barker
Irving Bacon
as Carriage Driver
James Flavin
as Policeman
Mayta Palmera
as Little Cairo
Robert B. Sinclair
Director
Waldo Salt
Screenplay
John McClain
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Marc Connelly
