Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.
Bud Abbott
Chick Larkin
Lou Costello
Mervin Q. Milgrim
Patric Knowles
Jim Turner
Louise Allbritton
Jane Little
Mary Wickes
Juliet Collins
William Gargan
Detective Inspector Lou
William Bendix
Detective Sgt. Brannigan
Thomas Gomez
Col. J.R. Andrews
Ludwig Stössel
Dr. Anton Marek
Edmund MacDonald
'Murder at Midnight' Announcer
Jerome Cowan
Heller
Walter Tetley
'Shorty', a studio pageboy
Joe Kirk
Harry, 'Murder At Midnight' sound man
Don Porter
'Murder at Midnight' program manager
Norman Abbott
'Murder at Midnight' Organist
Abel Pina
Acrobat (uncredited)
Antonio Pina
Henry Pina
Jerry Pina
Jenaro Pina
Milton Parsons
Coroner (cameo)
Gladys Blake
Telephone Operator
Eddie Bruce
Bill, man telephoning Brazil
Billy Wayne
Jake, man telephoning Alaska
Alice Fleming
Mrs. Laffingwell, dowager telephoning Moscow
Margaret Brayton
Radio Actress (uncredited)
Crane Whitley
Radio Actor (uncredited)
Paul Dubov
Gene O'Donnell
Ed Emerson
Announcer (uncredited)
Buddy Twiss
Edward Keane
Man in drug store touting Juliet (uncredited)
Joseph La Cava
Station Employee (uncredited)
George Ford
Jerry Frank
Customer (uncredited)
Duke York
Attendant with the Coroner (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
Test Technician in Booth (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Policeman (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Acrobatic Show Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Penny
Spinelli (uncredited)
Stanley Roberts
Screenplay
Erle C. Kenton
Director
Story
Edmund Joseph
John Grant
Arthur Hilton
Editor
Pat Costello
Stunt Double
A.J. Gilmore
Set Decoration
Alex Gottlieb
Producer
Russell A. Gausman
Frank Skinner
Music
Bernard B. Brown
Sound Director
Robert F. Boyle
Art Direction
Jack Otterson
Howard Christie
Assistant Director
Vera West
Costume Design
Charles Van Enger
Director of Photography
Hans J. Salter
Sonny Burke
Don Raye
Charles Previn
Music Director
Milton Rosen
Richard Hageman
Charles Henderson
Sam Perry
Hugh Prince