| Bing Crosby | ... | Larry Poole | |
| Madge Evans | ... | Susan Sprague | |
| Edith Fellows | ... | Patsy Smith | |
| Louis Armstrong | ... | Henry | |
| Donald Meek | ... | Gramp Smith | |
| John Gallaudet | ... | J. C. Hart | |
| William Stack | ... | Clarence B. Carmichael | |
| Nana Bryant | ... | Miss Howard | |
| Tom Dugan | ... | Crowbar Miller (as Tommy Dugan) | |
| Nydia Westman | ... | Slavey - Hotel Maid | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Eugene Anderson Jr. | ... | Boy (uncredited) | |
| William Anderson | ... | Western Union Messenger (uncredited) | |
| Stanley Andrews | ... | Detective Stephens (uncredited) | |
| Frank Austin | ... | Old Man (uncredited) | |
| Georgie Billings | ... | Boy (uncredited) | |
| Stanley Blystone | ... | Detective Gilroy (uncredited) | |
| Billy Byrne | ... | Boy (uncredited) | |
| George Chandler | ... | Waiter (uncredited) | |
| Mickey Daniels | ... | Hay Wagon Driver (uncredited) | |
| Frank Darien | ... | Chicken Farmer (uncredited) | |
| Harry Depp | ... | Union Costume Supply Man (uncredited) | |
| Helen Dickson | ... | Nightclub Table Extra (uncredited) | |
| Billy Dooley | ... | W. F. Arbuthnot (uncredited) | |
| Budd Fine | ... | Prison Guard (uncredited) | |
| Lionel Hampton | ... | Band Member (uncredited) | |
| Howard C. Hickman | ... | Chaplain (uncredited) | |
| Harry Hollingsworth | ... | Prison Guard (uncredited) | |
| Arthur Hoyt | ... | Collector of Taxes (uncredited) | |
| Sheldon Jett | ... | Nightclub / Dance Extra (uncredited) | |
| Tiny Jones | ... | Little Woman at Window (uncredited) | |
| Lew Kelly | ... | Sheriff (uncredited) | |
| Gus Leonard | ... | Nightclub attendee (uncredited) | |
| Louis Armstrong and His Band | ... | Musicians (uncredited) | |
| Margaret Mann | ... | White-haired Woman (uncredited) | |
| Edward Peil Sr. | ... | Old Man (uncredited) | |
| Russ Powell | ... | Coin Tosser (uncredited) | |
| Syd Saylor | ... | Sign Painter (uncredited) | |
| Anne Schaefer | ... | Lady (uncredited) | |
| Brick Sullivan | ... | Smiling Cop in Central Park (uncredited) | |
| Harry Tyler | ... | Carnival Concessionaire (uncredited) | |
| Dorothy Vernon | ... | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | |
| Morgan Wallace | ... | Restaurant Partner (uncredited) | |
| Charles C. Wilson | ... | Warden (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Norman Z. McLeod | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Katherine Leslie Moore | (novel "The Peacock Feather") (as Katharine Leslie Moore) | |
| William Rankin | (story) | |
| Jo Swerling | (screenplay) | |
Produced by | |||
| Emanuel Cohen | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| William Grant Still | (uncredited) | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| Robert Pittack | (photographed by) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| John Rawlins | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Stephen Goosson | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Robert J. Schiffer | .... | makeup artist (uncredited) | |
Production Management | |||
| Earl Rettig | .... | unit manager (uncredited) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Sam Nelson | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Glenn Rominger | .... | sound recordist (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| George Stoll | .... | musical director | |
| John Scott Trotter | .... | music arranger | |
| Howard Jackson | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Louis Silvers | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Norman Blackburn | .... | technical advisor | |
| Harry Cohn | .... | president: Columbia Pictures Corporation of California Ltd. | |
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Pleasant if meandering Bing Crosby vehicle casts him as a man unjustly jailed who is given a note to deliver by a condemned man. Out of prison, he tracks down the Smith family in New Jersey and discovers a lonely girl (Edith Fellows) who lives with her destitute grandfather (Donald Meek). On opening the note they realize the condemned man has left them a house. Crosby ambles along with them and becomes part of the family, much to the dismay of a nosy social worker (Madge Evans). Somehow it is decided that they will open a restaurant in the house and thus provide a steady income to satisfy the social worker. No one seems unduly concerned about school or the fact that a total stranger has moved into the household.
Not a lot of logic here but Crosby and Fellows are quite good. Evans seems a little ill at ease with her character. Meek is always good. Louis Armstrong shows up as a chicken thief and bandleader/singer at the restaurant. Nana Bryant is another social worker. George Chandler is a harried waiter. Nydia Westman has a nice scene as a maid with Crosby. Harry Tyler is the cheating ring-toss man, and Tom Dugan plays daredevil manager.
Not a great film but it has a few pleasant songs, including the title number, and Crosby continues his screen persona of easy-going and decent. Fellows is quite good as the sometimes bratty girl. Evans is very pretty--too bad she did get better films and parts.