Bee Freeman
— Dinah Jackson
Sol Johnson
— Paul Bronson
'Slick' Chester
— LeRoy Giles
Larry Seymour
— Tim Sharkey
Oscar Polk
— Sam Brown
Ethel Moses
— Evelyn Martin
Amanda Randolph
— The Rooming House Maid
Lorenzo Tucker
— Detective Sergeant
Willie Kew
— Sing Lee
Clara Bell Powell
Anna Mae Fritz
— Sam's mother [uncredited]
Bernice Gray
Eddie Matthews
Mitchell Modeste
Stringbean
— Comic Tap Dancer
The Pope Sisters
— Duet Singers
Raymond Collins
— Rope Dancer
Dotty Saulter
— Club SInger ("That Man Of Mine")
The Girls from Nagasaki
— (unconfirmed)
The Six Sizzlers
— (unconfirmed)
Bobby Hargreaves
— Club Band Leader
Kit Kat Club Orchestra
— Club Band