Buddy Harris
— Dollar Bill
Cora Green
— Minnie
Izinetta Wilcox
— Sue
Earl Gough
— Bob
Zerita Stepteau
— Jackie
Petrina Moore
— Alice
Daphne Fray
— Pat
Mercedes Gilbert
— Jackie's mother
Frances Harrod
— Maud
Alec Lovejoy
— Fats
Walter Richardson
— Brother Hornsby
Slim Thompson
— Long-Boy
Freddie Robinson
— Half-Pint
John Bunn
— Wallstreet
Marieluise Bechet
— Nina Mae Brown
Archie Cross
— A Boy from Newark
William Woodward
— A Boy from Newark
Audrey Talbird
— Connie
Marie Young
— Jean
Sidney Bechet
— Himself - Clarinetist
Christopher Columbus
— Himself - Bandleader of Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew
Frank Wilson
Patrina Waples
— Woman (uncredited)