Sidney Lanfield Director Bob Hope Sidney Melbourne Actor Marilyn Maxwell 'Brainy' Baxter Actor Lloyd Nolan Oxford Charley Actor Jane Darwell Nellie Thursday Actor Andrea King Stella Actor Fred Clark Moose Moran Actor Jay C. Flippen Straight Flush Actor William Frawley Gloomy Willie Actor Harry Bellaver Sam the Surgeon Actor Sid Melton Little Louie Actor Ben Welden Singing Solly Actor Ida Moore The Bird Lady Actor Francis Pierlot Henry Regan Actor Charles Cooley Goomba Actor Society Kid Hogan Street-corner Santa Claus Actor Harry Shannon John (policeman) Actor Bernard Szold Honest Harry Actor Tor Johnson Super Swedish Angel (wrestler) Actor Tom Dugan No Thumbs Charlie Actor Robert O'Brien Actor, Screenwriter Stanley Andrews Judge Actor Helen Brown Ellen Actor Ray Cooke Willie Actor John Doucette Muscleman Actor Slim Gaut Prof. Murdock Actor Roy Gordon Judge Actor Fred Graff Pimlico Pete Actor Jim Haywood George Actor Tommy Ivo Boy Scout Actor Richard Karlan Maxie Actor Edmund L. Hartmann Screenwriter Frank Tashlin Screenwriter Robert L. Welch Producer Victor Young Original Music Daniel L. Fapp Cinematographer Archie Marshek Film Editing Franz Bachelin Art Director Hal Pereira Art Director Sam Comer Set Decoration Ross Dowd Set Decoration Edith Head Costume Design