Best Foot Forward

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

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