Cast
- Janet Leigh as Rosie DeLeon
- Dick Van Dyke as Albert Peterson
- Ann-Margret as Kim MacAfee - According to the actress, she was cast when directory George Sidney saw her dancing while on a date at the Sands Casino on New Year's Eve 1961.
- Jesse Pearson as Conrad Birdie
- Paul Lynde as Harry MacAfee
- Mary LaRoche as Doris MacAfee
- Maureen Stapleton as Mae Peterson
- Bobby Rydell as Hugo Peabody
- Michael Evans as Claude Paisley
- Robert Paige as Bob Precht
- Gregory Morton as Maestro Borov
- Bryan Russell as Randolph McAfee
- Milton Frome as Mr. Maude
- Ed Sullivan as himself
- Trudi Ames (uncredited) as Ursula
- Linda Kaye Henning (uncredited) as Nancy
- Peter Menefee (uncredited) as Harvey Johnson
- John Daly (uncredited) as himself
- Kim Darby (uncredited) as Teenager
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