Characters
- Peter McDermott, manager
- Warren Trent, proprietor
- Christine Francis, secretary to Warren Trent
- Aloysius Royce, administrative assistant to Warren Trent
- Curtis O'Keefe, owner of the O'Keefe chain
- Dorothy "Dodo" Lash, O'Keefe's starlet companion
- Albert Wells, aging hotel guest
- The Duke and Duchess of Croydon, guests in the Presidential Suite
- Ogilvie, house detective
- Julius "Keycase" Milne, hotel thief
- Herbie Chandler, villainous Bell Captain
- Marsha Preyscott, one night guest in the hotel
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