| Frank Sinatra | ... | Charlie Y. Reader | |
| Debbie Reynolds | ... | Julie Gillis | |
| David Wayne | ... | Joe McCall | |
| Celeste Holm | ... | Sylvia Crewes | |
| Jarma Lewis | ... | Jessica Collins | |
| Lola Albright | ... | Poppy Masters | |
| Carolyn Jones | ... | Helen | |
| Howard St. John | ... | Mr. Sayers | |
| Joey Faye | ... | Sol Z. Steiner | |
| Tom Helmore | ... | Mr. Loughran | |
| Willard Sage | ... | Director | |
| Marc Wilder | ... | Ballet-Actor | |
| Jack Boyle | ... | Audition Dancer | |
| James Drury | ... | Eddie | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Bette Arlen | ... | Bit Role (uncredited) | |
| Bill Baldwin | ... | TV Host (uncredited) (voice) | |
| Madge Blake | ... | Society Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Leonard Bremen | ... | Cab Driver (uncredited) | |
| John Bromfield | ... | Actor in Film on TV (clip from 'Easy to Love') (uncredited) (archive footage) | |
| Herbert Butterfield | ... | Minister (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Hal Floyd | ... | Bit Role (uncredited) | |
| Hugo Haas | ... | Undetermined Role (uncredited) | |
| Gil Harman | ... | TV Announcer (uncredited) | |
| Sam Harris | ... | Extra at Home Show (uncredited) | |
| Stuart Holmes | ... | Nightclub Table Extra (uncredited) | |
| Michael Kostrick | ... | Bit Role (uncredited) | |
| Gustave Lax | ... | Bit Role (uncredited) | |
| Don Lynch | ... | Bit Role (uncredited) | |
| George Peters | ... | Bit Role (uncredited) | |
| Max Power | ... | Bit Role (uncredited) | |
| Dan Quigg | ... | Bit Role (uncredited) | |
| Gordon Richards | ... | Doorman (uncredited) | |
| Benny Rubin | ... | Mr. Wilson (uncredited) | |
| Erin Selwyn | ... | Bit Role (uncredited) | |
| Reginald Simpson | ... | Stage Manager (uncredited) | |
| Frank Sully | ... | Doorman (uncredited) | |
| Hal Taggart | ... | Wedding Guest (uncredited) | |
| Phil Tead | ... | Wendell (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Dave White | ... | Cab Driver (uncredited) | |
| Esther Williams | ... | Actress in Film on TV (clip from 'Easy to Love') (uncredited) (archive footage) | |
| Wilson Wood | ... | George, Elevator Boy (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Charles Walters | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Julius J. Epstein | (screenplay) (as Julius Epstein) | |
| Max Shulman | (play) and | |
| Robert Paul Smith | (play) | |
Produced by | |||
| Lawrence Weingarten | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Jeff Alexander | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Paul Vogel | (director of photography) (as Paul C. Vogel) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| John D. Dunning | (as John Dunning) | ||
Art Direction by | |||
| Cedric Gibbons | |||
| Arthur Lonergan | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Jack D. Moore | |||
| Edwin B. Willis | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Helen Rose | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Sydney Guilaroff | .... | hair stylist | |
| William Tuttle | .... | makeup designer | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Joel Freeman | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Wesley C. Miller | .... | recording supervisor (as Dr. Wesley C. Miller) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Charles K. Hagedon | .... | color consultant | |
Music Department | |||
| Jeff Alexander | .... | conductor | |
| Will Beitel | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Clinton Wilder | .... | stage presenter | |
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The tender trap is a Sinatra film, a fifties time capsule. As such, it comes fully loaded with a swinger versus good girl mentality. The woman always wants the picket fence and the man always wants the ultimate bachelor lifestyle (in Sinatra's case, complete with sexy dog-walkers and cheese delivery). So with this sort of fluffy 50's movie, it's easy to scoff and call it outdated and campy, and neglect to consider the fact that perhaps there lingers in it the tragedy of the era. My apologies for melodrama. But in the character of Sylvie (the unforgettable Celeste Holmes) is there encompassed a certain element of poignance that is strange to find in such a film as this.
In the midst of the predictable plot and romantic mayhem sorted out so simply, perhaps by fate, perhaps by unimaginative writing. But in Celeste Holmes is there contained something deeper. A regret, hopelessness, I'll-settle-for-anything quality of the middle-aged (or thereabouts) successful career woman who didn't go for a family right away, and thus finds herself condemned to either "Married men. Drunks. Pretty boys looking for someone to support them. Lunatics looking for their fifth divorce!" or a Sinatra. To see her sitting at a table across from Debbie Reynolds, 21, with all her plan figured out beforehand, claiming that without such precautions a woman runs the risk of spinsterhood. You can't help but feel for the spinster herself as she gazes with quiet desperation at Sinatra. Her last hope.
Yes The Tender Trap had quite a few weaknesses, but in all, I can't help but find it strange and lovely to find such fluff encrusted poignance. Sinatra and Debbie were cute, but when it came down to it, Celeste Holmes was magnificent.