"A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star within six weeks."
Tom Ewell
as Tom Miller
Jayne Mansfield
as Jerri Jordan
Edmond O'Brien
as Marty 'Fats' Murdock
Henry Jones
as Mousie
Julie London
as Herself
Barry Gordon
as Barry the Paperboy
Ray Anthony
as Himself
John Emery
as Wheeler
Juanita Moore
as Hilda
Fats Domino
Abbey Lincoln
Johnny Olenn
Nino Tempo
Eddie Cochran
Eddie Fontaine
Little Richard
as Himself (uncredited)
Herb Reed
Phil Silvers
as Milkman
Teddy Randazzo
as Teddy Randazzo (uncredited)
Paul Robi
Frank Tashlin
Screenplay
Producer
Herbert Baker
Leigh Harline
Original Music Composer
Garson Kanin
Novel
Director
Owen McLean
Casting
Lionel Newman
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Leland Fuller
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
James B. Clark
Editor
Gaston Longet
Still Photographer
Ad Schaumer
Assistant Director
Paul S. Fox
Set Decoration
Ray Kellogg
Special Effects
Helen Turpin
Hairstylist
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Designer
Harry M. Leonard
Sound
Walter M. Scott
E. Clayton Ward
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist