Cast
- Marilyn Monroe as Elsie Marina. Elsie is a showgirl who is targeted by the Prince Regent as a sexual conquest whom he asks to the Carpathian embassy for supper.
- Laurence Olivier as Charles, the Prince Regent of Carpathia. He is a stickler for formality and, because of his wealth and position, takes advantage of women of the working class. He invites Elsie Marina to the Embassy for supper.
- Sybil Thorndike as the Dowager Queen. The Queen is rather deaf but understands the events around her. She has some very witty conversations with Elsie.
- Richard Wattis as Northbrook. Northbrook is the unflappable British civil servant, assigned to the Prince Regent of Carpathia as an aide.
- Jeremy Spenser as King Nicolas of Carpathia, though Carpathia is governed by his father, Prince Charles, as Regent.
- Paul Hardwick as Major Domo
- Esmond Knight as Colonel Hoffman
- Rosamond Greenwood as Maud
- Aubrey Dexter as The Ambassador
- Maxine Audley as Lady Sunningdale
- Harold Goodwin as Call Boy
- Jean Kent as Maisie Springfield
- Daphne Anderson as Fanny
- Gillian Owen as Maggie
- Vera Day as Betty
- Margot Lister as Lottie
- Charles Victor as Theatre Manager
- David Horne as The Foreign Office
- Gladys Henson as Dresser
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