
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.
Cast

Constance Bennett
Marion Kerby

Cary Grant
George Kerby

Roland Young
Cosmo Topper

Billie Burke
Mrs. Topper

Alan Mowbray
Wilkins

Eugene Pallette
Casey

Arthur Lake
Elevator Boy

Hedda Hopper
Mrs. Stuyvesant

Virginia Sale
Miss Johnson

Theodore von Eltz
Hotel Manager

J. Farrell MacDonald
Policeman

Elaine Shepard
Secretary

Doodles Weaver
Rustic

Si Jenks
Rustic

Irving Bacon
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Lionel Belmore
Bank Guard (uncredited)

Clem Bevans
Board Member (uncredited)

Betty Blythe
Mrs. Goodrich (uncredited)

Ward Bond
Eddie (uncredited)

Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy - Piano Player (uncredited)

Claire Du Brey
Sales Clerk (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Patron at Rainbow Club (uncredited)

Pat Gleason
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

Kenneth Harlan
Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Grace Hayle
Outraged Heavy Woman (uncredited)

George Humbert
Tony - Nightclub Owner (uncredited)

Syd Saylor
Car Salesman (uncredited)

Martha Tilton
Member of 'Three Hits and a Miss' (uncredited)

Lana Turner
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Russell Wade
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Ruth Warren
Hen-Pecked Motorist's Wife (uncredited)

Claire Windsor
Mrs. Simpkins (uncredited)
Ernie Alexander
Reporter (uncredited)
Marvin Bailey
Member of 'Three Hits and a Miss' (uncredited)

Davison Clark
Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Dona Dax
Hat-Check Girl (uncredited)
Vince Degen
Member of 'Three Hits and a Miss' (uncredited)

Eddie Fetherston
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Tom Herbert
Hen-Pecked Motorist (uncredited)

Shep Houghton
Waiter (uncredited)

William Irving
Policeman (uncredited)

Eddie Kane
Maitre d' (uncredited)

Harold Miller
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor
Sea Breeze Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
Bill Seckler
Member of 'Three Hits and a Miss' (uncredited)

Walter Walker
Judge (uncredited)

Billy Wayne
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

Harry Wilson
Onlooker at Street Brawl (uncredited)
Harry Adams
Unknown
Marie Barde
Unknown
Ralph Brooks
Unknown
James Carlisle
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler
Unknown
Dick Cherney
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Dorothy Christy
Unknown

Lester Dorr
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Tom Ferrandini
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Sam Flint
Board Member (uncredited)
Kay Garrett
Unknown

Anita Garvin
Unknown
Dick Gordon
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Unknown

Max Hoffman Jr.
Unknown
Sheldon Jett
Unknown

Crauford Kent
Unknown

Carl M. Leviness
Unknown

Leota Lorraine
Unknown

Jack Mulhall
Unknown

Jack Perry
Unknown
Alexander Pollard
Maitre d' (uncredited)
Jack Raymond
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

Cyril Ring
Unknown

Art Rowlands
Unknown

Scott Seaton
Unknown
Eric Wilton
Unknown
Crew

Norman Z. McLeod
Director
Eric Hatch
Screenplay
Jack Jevne
Screenplay
Eddie Moran
Screenplay
Thorne Smith
Novel
William H. Terhune
Editor
Norbert Brodine
Director of Photography
Milton H. Bren
Producer

Hal Roach
Producer
Samuel Lange
Costume Design

Irene
Costume Design
Marvin Hatley
Original Music Composer
William Stevens
Set Decoration
Arthur I. Royce
Art Direction
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