Cast & Crew

Directed by

Norman Z. McLeod

Writing Credits

Don Hartman
(adapted by) and
Melville Shavelson
(adapted by)
Grover Jones
(from a screenplay by) &
Frank Butler
(from a screenplay by) and
Richard Connell
(from a screenplay by)
Lynn Root
(based on a play by) and
Harry Clork
(based on a play by)
Ken Englund
(additional sequences) (uncredited)
Everett Freeman
(additional sequences) (uncredited)
Eddie Moran
(contributor to screenplay) (uncredited)

Cast

Danny Kaye
Burleigh Sullivan
Virginia Mayo
Polly Pringle
Vera-Ellen
Susie Sullivan
Steve Cochran
Speed McFarlane
Eve Arden
Ann Westley
Walter Abel
Gabby Sloan
Lionel Stander
Spider Schultz
Fay Bainter
Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
Clarence Kolb
Mr. Austin
Victor Cutler
Photographer
Charles Cane
Willard
Jerome Cowan
Fight Announcer
Don Wilson
Radio Announcer
Knox Manning
Radio Announcer
Kay Thompson
Matron
Johnny Downs
Master of Ceremonies
Harry Adams
Garden Party Guest
John Alban
Garden Party Guest
Fred Aldrich
Handler Carrying Hogan from Ring
Betty Alexander
Goldwyn Girl
Jimmy Ames
Ring Announcer
Rudolph Andrean
Dancer
Larry Anzalone
Fighter Being Knocked Out
Shirley Ballard
Goldwyn Girl
Bobby Barber
Enthusiastic Ringsider
Brandon Beach
Garden Party Guest
Jeanne Beeks
Garden Party Guest
Virginia Belmont
Goldwyn Girl
Brooks Benedict
Garden Party Guest
William 'Billy' Benedict
Newsboy #2
Edward Biby
Garden Party Guest
Jody Black
Acrobatic Dancer
Billy Bletcher
News Photographer
Betty Blythe
Mrs. LeMoyne's Friend
William A. Boardway
Garden Party Guest
Mabel Boehlke
Acrobatic Dancer
Lulu Mae Bohrman
Garden Party Guest
Jack Bond
Bystander
Paul Bradley
Bystander
Chet Brandenburg
Fight Spectator
Lynton Brent
Man in Window
Jan Bryant
Goldwyn Girl
Alfred Burke
Dancer
Betty Cargyle
Goldwyn Girl
James Carlisle
Mrs. LeMoyne's Friend
Nora Cecil
Woman in Window
George Chandler
Reporter in Hotel Room
Robert Wade Chatterton
Man Lifting Up Susie
Jack Cheatham
Joe Eddelson
Dorothy Clarke
Acrobatic Dancer
Sally Cleaves
Garden Party Guest
J.W. Cody
Indian Chief
Michael Collins
Dancer
Tony M. Conde
Dancer
Jean Cronin
Goldwyn Girl
Eddie Cutler
Dancer - 'Old Fashioned' Number
John J. Darby
Garden Party Guest
George Davis
Man in Window
Hal K. Dawson
Hotel Clerk
Dulce Day
Bystander
Sayre Dearing
Garden Party Guest
Gill Dennis
Dancer
Harry Denny
Garden Party Guest
Tom Dillon
Policeman
Lester Dorr
Reporter at Train
Dan Drake
Dancer
Ralph Dunn
Sullivan's Handler
Dick Earle
Garden Party Guest
Jay Eaton
Bystander
Dick Elliott
Man in Window
Fern Emmett
Woman in Window
Ella Ethridge
Garden Party Guest
Jim Farley
Man in Window
Franklyn Farnum
Garden Party Guest
Bess Flowers
Ringsider at First Fight
Charles Fogel
Bystander
Mary Forbes
Garden Party Guest
William Forrest
Guest
Almeda Fowler
Bystander
Jean Fowler
Garden Party Guest
Dee Galvin
Garden Party Guest
Jack Gargan
Milkman Getting Water
Kay Garrett
Garden Party Guest
Gertude Gault
Acrobatic Dancer
Karen X. Gaylord
Goldwyn Girl
Mary Gleason
Goldwyn Girl
Bob Gompers
Dancer
Milton Gowman
Garden Party Guest
Frank Hagney
Arena Usher
Ben Hall
Newpaper Vendor
Donna Hamilton
Goldwyn Girl
Buck Harrington
Fight Spectator
Sam Harris
Fight Spectator
Eddie Hart
Knockdown Timekeeper
Al Hill
Reporter
Bill Hunter
Man in Window
John Indrisano
Title Fight Referee
Eulalie Jensen
Garden Party Guest
Jack W. Johnston
Garden Party Guest
Harvey Karels
Dancer - 'Old Fashioned' Number
Jimmy Kelly
Dancer - 'What's Your Name' Number
Kenner G. Kemp
Garden Party Guest
Tom Kennedy
Referee #1
Colin Kenny
Minor Role
Donald Kerr
Reporter
Helen Kimball
Goldwyn Girl
Nolan Leary
Ackerman
Vonne Lester
Goldwyn Girl
Carl M. Leviness
Bystander
Max Linder
Garden Party Guest
Arthur Loft
Joe
Robert Locke Lorraine
Garden Party Guest
Joyce Mackenzie
Goldwyn Girl
William Marion
Garden Party Guest
Vivian Martel
Garden Party Guest
Kenneth McAndish
Dancer
Frank McLure
Garden Party Guest
Charles Meakin
Garden Party Guest
Torben Meyer
Garden Party Guest
Martha Montgomery
Goldwyn Girl
Frank Moran
Fight Manager
Frances Morris
Woman in Window
Diana Mumby
Goldwyn Girl
Billy Nelson
Sullivan's Ringside Retainer
William Newell
Photographer
Jack Norton
Garden Party Guest
Wedgwood Nowell
Garden Party Guest
William J. O'Brien
Milkman
Spec O'Donnell
Arena Callboy
Dave Pepper
Garden Party Guest
Fred Perce
Garden Party Guest
Bob Perry
Timekeeper
Charles Perry
Handler
Jack Perry
Handler
Foster H. Phinney
Garden Party Guest
'Snub' Pollard
Man Reacting to Lion
Alexander Pollard
Butler
Tom Quinn
Photographer
Peggy Remington
Garden Party Guest
Camile Richards
Garden Party Guest
Frank Riggi
Killer Kelly
Jack Roper
Kelly's Fight Manager
Albert Ruiz
Dancer - 'Old Fashioned' Number
Loretta Russell
Garden Party Guest
Paul Russell
Garden Party Guest
Syd Saylor
Taxi Driver
Jeffrey Sayre
Milkman Prankster with Ink
Rube Schaffer
Tony Scarlotti
Harry Semels
Ringsider at First Fight
Shirley Sharon
Acrobatic Dancer
George Sherwood
Reporter
Rudolph Silva
Dancer
Mary Simpson
Goldwyn Girl
Reginald Simpson
Garden Party Guest
Marjorie Stapp
Girl Greeting Burleigh at Train Station
Larry Steers
Well-Wisher at Train Station
Kismi Stefan
Goldwyn Girl
Count Stefenelli
Garden Party Guest
Robert Stevenson
Dancer
Martin Strader
Fight Spectator
Robert Strong
Photographer
Charles Sullivan
1st Timekeeper
Steve Taylor
Palooka
Harry Tenbrook
Cop at Train Station
Virginia Toland
Goldwyn Girl
Ruth Valmy
Goldwyn Girl
Ellinor Vanderveer
Garden Party Guest
Tyra Vaughn
Goldwyn Girl
Selene Walters
Goldwyn Girl
Fred Walton
Garden Party Guest
Pierre Watkin
E. Winthrop LeMoyne
Peggy Watts
Garden Party Guest
Billy Wayne
Reporter in Hotel Room
Barrett Whitelaw
Bystander
Ulysses Williams
Hogan
Eric Wilton
LeMoynes' Butler
Betty Yeaton
Acrobatic Dancer

Produced by

Samuel Goldwyn
producer

Music by

Carmen Dragon
(uncredited)

Cinematography by

Gregg Toland
director of photography

Editing by

Daniel Mandell

Art Direction by

Stewart Chaney
Perry Ferguson

Set Decoration by

Howard Bristol
(set decorations)
Clifford Porter
(set decorations)

Costume Design by

Miles White

Makeup Department

Marie Clark
hair stylist
Robert Stephanoff
makeup

Production Management

Leon Fromkess
executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Arthur S. Black Jr.
assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

McClure Capps
associate art director

Sound Department

Fred Lau
sound recorder
Arthur Johns
effects mixer (uncredited) / re-recording (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

John P. Fulton
special optical effects (uncredited)

Stunts

John Indrisano
stunts (uncredited)
Rube Schaffer
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Bert Shipman
second camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Jean Louis
clothes designer
Eugene Joseff
costume jeweller (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Natalie Kalmus
color director: Technicolor
Mitchell Kovaleski
associate color director: Technicolor

Music Department

Carmen Dragon
musical director
Louis Forbes
music supervisor
Kay Thompson
vocal arrangements
Frankie Laine
singing voice: "fatso" (uncredited)
Elmer Raguse
music mixer (uncredited)
Betty Russell
singing voice: Virginia Mayo (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Samuel Goldwyn
presenter
John Indrisano
technical adviser
Bernard Pearce
dances
Lelia Alexander
research director (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
double: Danny Kaye (uncredited)
Billy Newell
double: Danny Kaye (uncredited)
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