Steve Allen character Benny Goodman
Donna Reed character Alice Hammond
Berta Gersten character Mama Goodman
Barry Truex character Benny Goodman (age 16)
Herbert Anderson character John Hammond Jr.
Robert F. Simon character Papa Dave Goodman
Hy Averback character Willard Alexander - Benny's manager
Sammy Davis Sr. character Fletcher Henderson
Dick Winslow character Gil Rodin
Shepard Menken character Harry Goodman
Jack Kruschen character 'Murph' Podolsky - riverboat band Mgr.
Wilton Graff character John Hammond Sr.
Fred Essler character Prof Schoepp
David Kasday character Benny Goodman (age 10 )
John Erman character Harry Goodman (age 16 )
