
Bessie and Winston "Slug" Winters are married coaches whose mission is to whip their college football team into shape. Just in time, they discover a hillbilly farmhand and his sister. The hillbilly farmhand's ability to throw melons enables him to become their star passing ace.
Cast

Stuart Erwin
Amos Dodd

Patsy Kelly
Bessie Winters

Jack Haley
Slug Winters

Johnny Downs
Chip Carson

Betty Grable
Laura Watson

Arline Judge
Sally Saxon

Dixie Dunbar
Ginger Jones

Judy Garland
Sairy Dodd

Tony Martin
Tommy Barker

James V. Kern
The Yacht Club Boys
Charles Adler
The Yacht Club Boys
Billy Mann
The Yacht Club Boys
George Kelly
The Yacht Club Boys

Fred Kohler Jr.
Biff Bentley

Grady Sutton
Mortimer Higgins

Elisha Cook Jr.
Herbert Van Dyke

Edward Nugent
Sparks

Julius Tannen
Dr. Burke

Pat Flaherty
Referee (uncredited)

June Gale
Student (uncredited)

Lynn Bari
Football Game Spectator (uncredited)

Alan Ladd
Student (uncredited)
Crew

David Butler
Director
Jack Yellen
Screenplay
Harry Tugend
Screenplay
William M. Conselman
Screenplay
Irene Morra
Editor
Arthur C. Miller
Director of Photography
Ad Schaumer
Assistant Director
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Bogart Rogers
Associate Producer
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Design
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound Engineer
Bernard Freericks
Sound Engineer
David Buttolph
Music Director
Sidney D. Mitchell
Music, Lyricist
Lew Pollack
Music, Songs
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Victoria Kelley
Technical Advisor
Hans Peters
Art Direction
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