While recuperating in a hospital after he's hit by an automobile, a struggling shopowner dreams what his life might have been like if he'd made different choices twenty years earlier.
Lee Tracy
as Joe Gimlet
Mae Clarke
as Mary Gimlet / Mary Wright
Otto Kruger
as Ted Wright
George Barbier
as Pete Evans
Peggy Shannon
as Elvina Evans Wright / Elvina Evans Gimlet
C. Henry Gordon
as Dave Holmes
Clara Blandick
as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
Charley Grapewin
as Dr. Henderson (uncredited)
Larry Fine
as Wedding Singer (uncredited)
Curly Howard
as Wedding Singer (uncredited)
Moe Howard
as Wedding Singer (uncredited)
Ed Wynn
as Cigar Store Customer (uncredited)
