"Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted."
Bing Crosby
as Peter 'Pete' Garvey
Jane Wyman
as Emmadel Jones
Alexis Smith
as Winifred Stanley
Franchot Tone
as Wilbur Stanley
James Barton
as William 'Pa' Jones
Robert Keith
as George Degnan
Jacky Gencel
as Bobby
H.B. Warner
as Uncle Elihu
Beverly Washburn
as Suzi
Nicholas Joy
as Uncle Prentiss
Connie Gilchrist
as "Ma" Jones
Ian Wolfe
as Uncle Adam
Walter Catlett
as McGonigle
Ellen Corby
as Mrs. McGonigle
Alan Reed
as Walter Godfrey
James Burke
as O'Neill, Policeman
Minna Gombell
as Mrs. Godfrey
Irving Bacon
as Baines
Howard Freeman
as Governor
Ted Thorpe
as Paul Pipitt
Maidel Turner
as Aunt Abby
Art Baker
as Radio Announcer
Anna Maria Alberghetti
as Theresa
Louis Armstrong
as Louis Armstrong (uncredited)
Florence Clayton
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Cass Daley
as Cass Daley (uncredited)
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
as Aunt Amy (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Passenger on Airplane (uncredited)
Julia Faye
Bess Flowers
as Woman Exiting Emmadel's Home (uncredited)
Charles Halton
as Cusick (uncredited)
Sam Harris
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Dorothy Lamour
as Dorothy Lamour (uncredited)
Charles Lane
as FBI Agent Ralph Burchard (uncredited)
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Husband on Airplane (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Frank O'Connor
Cosmo Sardo
as Usher (uncredited)
Almira Sessions
as Wife on Airplane (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Dress Designer (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
as Express Photographer (uncredited)
Carl Switzer
as Messenger (uncredited)
Frank Capra
Director
Robert Riskin
treatment
Story
Liam O'Brien
Screenplay
Virginia Van Upp
Myles Connolly
Arthur S. Black Jr.
Assistant Director
Gordon Jennings
Special Effects
Paul K. Lerpae
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Harry D. Mills
Sound Recordist
John Cope
Jay Livingston
Songs
Ray Evans
Joseph J. Lilley
Music Director
Original Music Composer
Producer
Irving Asher
Associate Producer
George Barnes
Director of Photography
Ellsworth Hoagland
Editor
A. Earl Hedrick
Art Direction
Hal Pereira
Emile Kuri
Set Decoration
Edith Head
Costume Design