Soldier Johnny Grey is engaged to marry singer Mapy Cortes, but his plans go awry when he learns that he is the heir to $100,000 from his great-grandfather -- a bequest that comes with a catch: before claiming the money, Johnny must marry a descendant of his great-grandfather's Civil War enemy, General Havelock-Allen. Not wanting to disrupt his planned marriage to Mapy, Johnny must figure out how to concoct a temporary marriage-of-convenience with the descendant -- who turns out to be the beautiful Terry Havelock-Allen.
Victor Mature
as Johnny Grey
Lucille Ball
as Terry Havalok-Allen
Harold Peary
as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve
Mapy Cortés
as Mapy (as Mapy Cortes)
Ginny Simms
as Ginny Simms
Freddy Martin
as Freddy Martin
Marcy McGuire
as Mickey Havalok-Allen
Arnold Stang
as Bitsy Slater
Peter Lind Hayes
as Pvt. Pete Jackson
