"Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in."
George O'Hanlon
as Joe McDoakes / Himself
Art Gilmore
as Narrator (voice)
Jack Carson
as Man Giving Directions (uncredited)
George Chandler
as Assistant Director Sammy (uncredited)
Clyde Cook
as Actor in Army Scene (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Woman at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Jane Harker
as Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
Robert Hutton
as Himself (uncredited)
Joan Leslie
as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fredric March
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wayne Morris
Jack Mower
as So You Want to Hold Your Wife Director (uncredited)
Janis Paige
as Herself (uncredited)
Ronald Reagan
Ralph Sanford
as Anthony Anguish (uncredited)
Alexis Smith
Martha Vickers
Leo White
as Waiter at Brown Derby (uncredited)
Jack Wise
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Richard L. Bare
Director
Screenplay
Gordon Hollingshead
Producer
Wesley Anderson
Director of Photography
Everett Dodd
Editor
Roland E. Hill Sr.
Art Direction
Everett Alton Brown
Sound
William Lava
Music
