Best Foot Forward

Henry O'Neill as Maj. Roger W. Reeber James Ellison as Cadet Darwood Kaye as Killer Stanley Donen as Cadet Caren Marsh as Dancer Gil Stratton as Cadet William Gaxton as Jack O'Riley Harry James as Himself Isabel Randolph as Mrs. Morton Jack Lindquist as Cadet Robert Emmett O'Connor as Train Conductor Sara Haden as Miss Talbert Chill Wills as Chester Short Morris Ankrum as Col. Harkrider Virginia Weidler as Helen Schlesinger Gloria DeHaven as Minerva Fierce Harry Hayden as Prof. Walter Morton Billy Bletcher as Waxer Nancy Walker as Nancy - Blind Date Colin Kenny as Party Guest Beverly Tyler as Vocalist Lucille Ball as Lucille Ball Donald MacBride as Capt. Bradd Barbara Bedford as Chaperone at Dance Nana Bryant as Mrs. Dalrymple Bess Flowers as Prom Guest June Allyson as Ethel

Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration Cedric Gibbons Art Direction Irene Costume Supervisor