"A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism."
James Cagney
as Chesty O'Conner
Pat O'Brien
as Biff Martin
Gloria Stuart
as Dorothy Martin
Frank McHugh
as Droopy Mullins
Dorothy Tree
as Gladys
Robert Barrat
as Commander Denny
Willard Robertson
as Executive Officer
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
as Dance-Floor Manager
Howard Hickman
as Captain
Maude Eburne
as Droopy's Mother
George Irving
as Admiral
Milton Kibbee
as Mike (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
as Washroom Attendant (uncredited)
Eddie Shubert
as Speedboat Skipper (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
as Cookie (uncredited)
Eddie Acuff
as Marine Orderly (uncredited)
Eleanor Bayley
as Girl (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
as Supply Sergeant (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
Herbert A. Jones
Technical Advisor
Leo F. Forbstein
Conductor
Lloyd Bacon
Director
Earl Baldwin
Writer
Ben Markson
Arthur Edeson
Director of Photography
Esdras Hartley
Art Direction
Story
George Amy
Editor
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Hal B. Wallis
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Louis F. Edelman
Producer