Best Foot Forward

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

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