Overview
Out of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and entertaining prospective voters at rallies. The candidate is really a stooge for a corrupt political machine, which discovers the band's handsome and appealing singer would make a better stooge. Meanwhile, romance blossoms between the band's singers. When election day approaches, the band's singer wants out of the campaign, but the machine threatens to smear him and his pals in the band if he quits.
Director and cast
- Lewis Seiler Director
- Vivian Blaine as Linda Farrell
- Perry Como as Allen Clark
- Harry James as Earl Gordon
- Carmen Miranda as Michelle O'Toole
- Phil Silvers as Wallingham M. 'Wally' Jones
- Edgar Buchanan as Darius J. Magonnagle
- Reed Hadley as Jed Conklin, Magonnagle's Campaign Manager
- Harry James and His Music Makers as Themselves
- Edward Keane as Golfer (uncredited)
- Dewey Robinson as Mug in Leather Jacket (uncredited)
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