Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
George O'Hanlon
as Joe McDoakes / Himself
Art Gilmore
as Narrator (voice)
Jack Carson
as Man Giving Directions (uncredited)
George Chandler
as Assistant Director Sammy (uncredited)
Clyde Cook
as Actor in Army Scene (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Woman at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
as Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
Jane Harker
as Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
Robert Hutton
as Himself (uncredited)
Joan Leslie
as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fredric March
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)