Betty Grable
— Carol Parker
John Hartley
— Greg Melton Jr
Donald O'Connor
— Sticky Boone
Jackie Coogan
— Russ Simpson
Buster Crabbe
— Coach Jordan (as Larry Crabbe)
Thurston Hall
— Gregory Melton Sr.
Peter Lind Hayes
— Freddie 'Ten-Percent' Fry
Dorothea Kent
— Susie Quinn
Richard Denning
— Hunk Jordan
Phil Warren
— Buck Hogan
Edward Arnold Jr.
— Blimp Garrett
Roy Gordon
— Dean Wixby
Matty Kemp
— Ed Riggs
William Tracy
— Egghead Jackson
Joyce Mathews
— Bunny Maxwell
Russ Clark
— Referee
Billy Gilbert
— Dick Schultz (uncredited)
William Holden
— Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
— Frederick Day, Dean Wixby's Secretary (uncredited)
Tom Dugan
— Horse Player Behind Freddie (uncredited)