Years after the death of her husband, Kitty McNeil takes her son and flees from the home of her wealthy and controlling mother-in-law. Alone and jobless in New York, she runs into an old flame, her USO partner Donald Elwood, who agrees to help her fight for custody of the child.
Betty Hutton
as Kitty McNeil
Fred Astaire
as Donald Elwood
Roland Young
as Edmund Pohlwhistle
Ruth Warrick
as Carola Everett
Lucile Watson
as Serena Everett
Gregory Moffett
as Richard 'Richie' Everett
Barton MacLane
as Larry Channock
Shepperd Strudwick
as Timothy Bryant
Melville Cooper
as Charles Wagstaffe
Harold Huber
as Chef Marcel
George Zucco
as Judge Mackenzie
Peggy Badley
as Bubbles Malone