Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and small-town music college that he works are of equal mindset. When Don visits his black-sheep aunt in New York in order to find a buyer for his Rhapsody he is exposed to her shocking swing music crowd. His life begins to make dramatic changes after drinking a "lemonade" that turns out to be a Hurricane.
Zelda Manion
Ann Sheridan
Professor Donald Hardwick
Dick Powell
Linda McKay
Gale Page
Aunt Martha Hogan
Helen Broderick
Eddie
Ronald Reagan
Joe Dirk
Allen Jenkins
Aunt Penelope Hardwick
Zasu Pitts
Killer
Maxie Rosenbloom
Allie Gray
Jerry Colonna
Stanislaus Pysinski
Luis Alberni
Aunt Annabella Hardwick
Vera Lewis
Aunt Henrietta Hardwick
Elizabeth Dunne
Samuel 'Sam' 'Simsy' Hudson - Music Publisher
William B. Davidson
Judge Kennith B. Walters, Superior Court
Granville Bates
Dean Burton, Winfield College
Halliwell Hobbes
Professor Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Daisy, Zelda's Maid (uncredited)
Daisy Bufford
Extra in Nightclub (uncredited)
Nat Carr
Mr. Maurice, First Witness (uncredited)
Maurice Cass
Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited)
Hobart Cavanaugh
Pansey, Hardwick Maid (uncredited)
Elise Cavanna
Extra at Bar (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
Jitterbug Dancer (uncredited)
Midgie Dare
Jitterbug Dancer (uncredited)
Maxie Lee Dorf
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Bailiff (uncredited)
William Gould
Attorney at Plaintiff's Table (uncredited)
Eddie Graham
Second Bartender Making Phone Call (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
Arranger Johnny Collins (uncredited)
Bert Hanlon
Freddie, Court Clerk (uncredited)
John Harron
Bandleader in Nightclub (uncredited)
Peter Lind Hayes
Second Waiter (uncredited)
Al Herman
Capt. Gregory Waddington-Smith (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Radio Listener, with the Professors (uncredited)
Al Lloyd
First Waiter (uncredited)
Jerry Mandy
Frank, Superior Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Professor Trill (uncredited)
Edward McWade
Professor Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Attorney at Defense Table (uncredited)
David Newell
Arranger (uncredited)
William Newell
Professor Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
Bartender (uncredited)
Garry Owen
Hardwick's Attorney (uncredited)
Herbert Rawlinson
Harry, Hudson's Assistant (uncredited)
John Ridgely
Miss Danning (uncredited)
Sally Sage
Radio Announcer Starting Program (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
Announcer (uncredited)
Bobby Sherwood
Extra in Nightclub (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Mr. Mankton (uncredited)
Grady Sutton
Extra in Courtroom (uncredited)
Leo White
First Headwaiter (uncredited)
Ernest Wood