Cast
- Barbara Stanwyck as Melsa Manton, a wealthy debutante who has organized a pranking club with her friends
- Henry Fonda as Peter Ames, editor of The Morning Clarion
- Sam Levene as Lieutenant Mike Brent, a bumbling police detective
- Frances Mercer as Helen Frayne, Melsa's sensible friend
- Stanley Ridges as Edward Norris, a convicted murderer
- Whitney Bourne as Pat James, Melsa's food-loving friend
- Vickie Lester as Kit Beverly (as Vicki Lester), one of Melsa's friends
- Ann Evers as Lee Wilson, one of Melsa's friends
- Catherine O'Quinn as Dora Fenton, Melsa's vapid friend
- Linda Perry as Myra Frost (as Linda Terry), Melsa's flirtatious friend
- Eleanor Hansen as Jane, one of Melsa's friends
- Hattie McDaniel as Hilda (as Hattie McDaniels), Melsa's grumpy housekeeper
- James Burke as Sullivan, Brent's assistant
- Paul Guilfoyle as Bat Regan, owner of a gambling house
- Penny Singleton as Frances Glesk
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