To Beat the Band

Roger Pryor as Larry Barry Eric Blore as Hawkins Evelyn Poe as Barbara Shelby Lynne Carver as Minor Role Willie Best as Elevator Operator Ronald Graham as Singer Sonny Lamont as Tap Dancer Phyllis Brooks as Rowena Joy Hodges as Ruth Harper - Girls' Band Leader Mike Lally as Nightclub Patron William H. O'Brien as Waiter Helen Broderick as Mrs. Freeda McCrary Fred Keating as Fred Carson Monte Collins as The Coroner Harry Holman as Chubby Diner Torben Meyer as Headwaiter Larry Steers as Man Knocked Down in Nightclub Johnny Mercer as Member of the Band Hugh Herbert as Hugo Twist / Elizabeth Twist

Zion Myers Associate Producer Nicholas Musuraca Director of Photography Van Nest Polglase Art Direction George Marion Jr. Story Walter Plunkett Costume Design