The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.
Danny Kaye
Hobart Frisbee
Virginia Mayo
Honey Swanson
Benny Goodman
Professor Magenbruch
Tommy Dorsey
Louis Armstrong
Lionel Hampton
Charlie Barnet
Mel Powell
Ford Washington Lee
Buck
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Bubbles
Page Cavanaugh
Al Viola
Lloyd Pratt
Orlandus Wilson
Henry Owens
Willie Johnson
Clyde Riddick
Russo do Pandeiro
Russo
Hugh Herbert
Professor Twingle
Steve Cochran
Tony Crow
J. Edward Bromberg
Dr. Elfini
Felix Bressart
Professor Gerkikoff
Ludwig Stössel
Professor Träumer
O.Z. Whitehead
Professor Oddly
Esther Dale
Miss Bragg
Mary Field
Miss Totten
Howland Chamberlain
Mr. Setter
Paul Langton
Joe
Sidney Blackmer
Adams
Ben Welden
Monte
Ben Chasen
Ben
Peter Virgo
Louis
Harry Babasin
Bass
Louie Bellson
Drums
Alton Hendrickson
Guitar
Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida (uncredited)
Sue George
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Milicent Patrick
Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Howard Hawks
Director
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Dec 9, 2006
Jun 11, 1982
Apr 3, 2006
Jun 26, 1942
Nov 21, 1964
Sep 23, 1969
Jun 28, 2004
Oct 1, 1942
Dec 17, 2013
Jun 20, 1941
Oct 12, 1949
Oct 10, 1939
Oct 21, 1933
Aug 8, 1930
Aug 21, 1981
Dec 25, 1941
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
US
United States
English