Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

A double-barrelled fun birst!

When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.

Bud Abbott

Lou Costello

Frances Rafferty

(Claire Warren)

Bob Haymes

Jean Porter

Warner Anderson

Rags Ragland

Mike Mazurki

(Klondike Pete)

Carleton G. Young

(Gregory LeMaise)

Donald MacBride

(Dennis Kavanaugh)

Edgar Dearing

(Al - First Studio Cop)

Preston Foster

(Self (uncredited))

Marion Martin

Arthur Space

(Director Lippen)

William Phillips

(Kavanaugh's Assistant)

Lucille Ball

(Self (uncredited))

Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins

(Self (uncredited))

Robert Z. Leonard

(Self (uncredited))

Fred Aldrich

(Assistant to Robert Z. Leonard (uncredited))

Richard Alexander

(Eddie (uncredited))

Karin Booth

(Louise (uncredited))

Betty Blythe

(Mrs. Murdock (uncredited))

Chester Clute

(Mr. Burvis (uncredited))

Dell Henderson

(Benson (uncredited))

Sharon McManus

(Sharon (uncredited))

Dean Stockwell

(Dean (uncredited))

Hank Worden

(Joe (uncredited))

William Tannen

(Casting Director / Dr. Caswell Snide (uncredited))

Marie Blake

(Royce's Secretary (uncredited))

Charles Walters

(Sailor (uncredited))

Helen Boyce

(Richly Dressed Woman (uncredited))

Naomi Childers

(Dowager (uncredited))

Frank Penny

(Night Clerk (uncredited))

Henry Hall

(Tenant (uncredited))

Nick Stewart

(Houseboy (uncredited))

Joe Bacon

(Nubian Slave (uncredited))

Harold DeGarro

(Stilt Walker (uncredited))

Eddie Hall

(Slow Dancer at 'Ciros' (uncredited))

William Bailey

(Nightclub Patron at Ciro's (uncredited))

Oliver Cross

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Franklyn Farnum

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Harold Miller

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Jeffrey Sayre

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Amzie Strickland

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Jane Hale

(Cigarette Girl (uncredited))

Nita Mathews

(Cigarette Girl (uncredited))

Mitzie Uehlien

(Cigarette Girl (uncredited))

George Calliga

(Maitre d' (uncredited))

Arno Frey

(Waiter (uncredited))

William Hawley

(Waiter (uncredited))

Frank J. Scannell

(Waiter (uncredited))

William Frambes

(Busboy (uncredited))

Carl M. Leviness

(Barbershop Customer (uncredited))

King Baggot

(Barbershop Patron (uncredited))

Edward Biby

(Barbershop Patron (uncredited))

Charles Hagen

(Barbershop Patron (uncredited))

Robert Haines

(Barbershop Patron (uncredited))

Sam Harris

(Barbershop Patron (uncredited))

Kenner G. Kemp

(Barbershop Patron / Saloon Patron (uncredited))

Joe Devlin

(Kelly - Bartender (uncredited))

Milton Kibbee

(Counterman (uncredited))

Nolan Leary

(Director's Assistant (uncredited))

Garry Owen

(Director's Assistant (uncredited))

Skeets Noyes

(Wardrobe Man (uncredited))

Thomas Martin

(Crewman on Film Set (uncredited))

Chet Brandenburg

(Western Crew Member (uncredited))

Robert Emmett O'Connor

(2nd Studio Guard (uncredited))

George Magrill

(Actor (uncredited))

Bunny Waters

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Charles McNally

(Barker (uncredited))

Barbara Combs

(Manicurist (uncredited))

Beverly Haney

(Manicurist (uncredited))

Mary Donovan

(Manicurist (uncredited))

Zaz Vorka

(Manicurist (uncredited))

Art Miles

(Bull Neck Giant (uncredited))

Peter Miles

(Little Boy with Horn (uncredited))

Susan Simon

(Girl at Blackboard (uncredited))

Broderick O'Farrell

(Man at Table (uncredited))

Frank Hagney

(Cop (uncredited))

Wheaton Chambers

(Pedestrian (uncredited))