Preston Sturges Director, Writer Claudette Colbert Geraldine "Gerry" Jeffers Actor Joel McCrea Tom Jeffers Actor Rudy Vallee John D. Hackensacker III Actor Mary Astor The Princess Centimillia Actor Sig Arno Toto Actor Robert Warwick Mr. Hinch, Ale and Quail Club Actor Arthur Stuart Hull Mr. Osmond Actor Torben Meyer Dr. Kluck Actor Jimmy Conlin Mr. Asweld, Ale and Quail Club Actor Victor Potel Mr. McKeewie Actor William Demarest First Member Ale and Quail Club Actor Jack Norton Second Member Ale and Quail Club Actor Robert Greig Third Member Ale and Quail Club Actor Roscoe Ates Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club Actor Dewey Robinson Fifth Member Ale and Quail Club Actor Chester Conklin Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club Actor Sheldon Jett Seventh Member Ale and Quail Club Actor Robert Dudley Wienie King Actor Franklin Pangborn Apartment Manager Actor Arthur Hoyt Pullman Conductor Actor Al Bridge Conductor Actor Fred "Snowflake" Toones George, Club Car Bartender Actor Charles Moore Train Porter Actor Frank Moran Brakeman Actor Harry Rosenthal Orchestra Leader Actor Esther Howard Wife of Wienie King Actor Howard M. Mitchell Man in apartment (uncredited) Actor Harry Hayden Prospect (uncredited) Actor Monte Blue Mike the doorman (uncredited) Actor Esther Michelson Near-sighted woman (uncredited) Actor Victor Young Original Music Victor Milner Cinematographer Stuart Gilmore Film Editing Hans Dreier Art Director Ernst Fegté Art Director Irene Costume Design