Ship Ahoy

Red Skelton as Merton K. Kibble Virginia O'Brien as Fran Evans William Post Jr. as H. U. Bennet Stuart Crawford as Art Higgins Bernard Nedell as Pietro Polesi Tommy Dorsey as Tommy Dorsey Frank Sinatra as Singer in Tommy Dorsey Orchestra John Emery as Dr. Farno Gladys Blake as Merton's Secretary John Raitt as Sailor Grandon Rhodes as Lt. Cmdr. Thurston William Tannen as Agent Flammer Russell Hicks as Capt. C.V. O'Brien Connie Russell as Chorus Girl Philip Ahn as Koro Sumo Eleanor Powell as Tallulah Winters Barbara Bedford as Mrs. Loring Hillary Brooke as Hillary Bert Lahr as Skip Owens Bess Flowers as Nightclub Patron

Cedric Gibbons Art Direction George Stoll Original Music Composer Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration Jack Cummings Producer E.Y. Harburg Lyricist Burton Lane Songs