"A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money."
Jack Oakie
as Migg Tweeny
W.C. Fields
as The President
Andy Clyde
as The Major-Domo
Lyda Roberti
as Mata Machree
Susan Fleming
as Angela
Ben Turpin
as Mysterious Man
Hugh Herbert
as Secretary of the Treasury
George Barbier
as Mr. Baldwin
Dickie Moore
as Willie - Angela's Brother
Billy Gilbert
as Secretary of the Interior
Ernie Adams
as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
Samuel Adams
as Secretary of State (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
as Secretary of War (uncredited)
Eddie Baker
as Train Official (uncredited)
Bruce Bennett
Hobart Bosworth
as Olympics Starter (uncredited)
Al Bridge
as Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
Tyler Brooke
as Olympics Announcer (uncredited)
Chick Collins
as The Jumper (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
as Secret Emissary #2 (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Vernon Dent
as Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited)
Bobby Dunn
Eddie Dunn
as Coachman / Guard (uncredited)
Billy Engle
Herbert Evans
as Mata's Butler (uncredited)
as Secretary of the Interior (uncredited)
Charlie Hall
Teddy Hart
as Secretary of the Navy (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
as Porter (uncredited)
Syd Saylor
as Olympics Weight Lifting Offical (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope
as Secret Emissary #1 (uncredited)
Ben Taggart
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
as Klopstokian Athlete on Train (uncredited)
John Sinclair
as Secretary of Labor (uncredited)
Edward F. Cline
Director
Henry Myers
Writer
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Producer
Nicholas T. Barrows
Ben Hecht
Arthur L. Todd
Director of Photography
Edward Montagne
Assistant Director
John Leipold
Music
B.P. Schulberg
Executive Producer
Rudolph G. Kopp
Russell Mathews
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Story