"A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes."
Jack Oakie
as Bill Martin
Ann Sothern
as Mary Strand
Eduardo Ciannelli
as Professor Herman
Alan Bruce
as Larry Frank, a movie stand-in
Edgar Kennedy
as Police Lt. Garrison
Joan Woodbury
as Doris Duane, a film actress
Bradley Page
as Ralph Waring
Paul Guilfoyle
as Gibbons, a film director
Willie Best
as Warts, Martin's manservant
William Corson
as Beckett
Alec Craig
as Eddie - Doorman
Paul Hurst
as Motorcycle Cop
George Rosener
as Policeman
Ann Hovey
as Script Girl
Marie Marks
as Hair Dresser
Al Klein
as Cameraman
Fred Kelsey
as Jailer
Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Casey
Philip Morris
as Sullivan
Dick Rush
as Grimes
Wally Albright
as Child movie fan
Bobby Barber
as Photographer
Bud Jamison
as Man whose beard catches fire
Leona Roberts
as Mrs. Abbington
Ronald R. Rondell
as Nightclub headwaiter
Richard Lane
as Barker
Benjamin Stoloff
Director
Gertrude Purcell
Screenplay
Ernest Pagano
Harry Segall
Theatre Play
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Edward Stevenson
Costume Design
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
Alfred Herman
Assistant Art Director
William Hamilton
Editor
Joseph H. August
Director of Photography
Earl A. Wolcott
Sound Recordist
