A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
Jack Oakie
as Bill Martin
Ann Sothern
as Mary Strand
Eduardo Ciannelli
as Professor Herman
Alan Bruce
as Larry Frank, a movie stand-in
Edgar Kennedy
as Police Lt. Garrison
Joan Woodbury
as Doris Duane, a film actress
Bradley Page
as Ralph Waring
Paul Guilfoyle
as Gibbons, a film director
Willie Best
as Warts, Martin's manservant
William Corson
as Beckett
Alec Craig
as Eddie - Doorman
Paul Hurst
as Motorcycle Cop