Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
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George O'Hanlon as Joe McDoakes / Self
Art Gilmore as Narrator (voice)
Jack Carson as Man Giving Directions (uncredited)
George Chandler as Assistant Director Sammy (uncredited)
Clyde Cook as Actor in Army Scene (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum as Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
Bess Flowers as Woman at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
Dick Gordon as Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
Jane Harker as Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
Robert Hutton as Self (uncredited)
Joan Leslie as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fredric March as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wayne Morris as Self (uncredited)
Jack Mower as So You Want to Hold Your Wife Director (uncredited)
Janis Paige as Self (uncredited)
Ronald Reagan as Self (uncredited)
Richard L. Bare Screenplay
Richard L. Bare Director
Roland E. Hill Sr. Art Direction
Everett Alton Brown Sound
Gordon Hollingshead Producer
Wesley Anderson Director of Photography
Everett Dodd Editor
William Lava Music
United States 07 June 1947
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