About Face

Two Army sergeants disrupt a bar, a party and an Army-Navy dance.

Cast

William Tracy

as Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday

Joe Sawyer

as Sgt. William Ames

Jean Porter

as Sally

Marjorie Lord

as Betty Marlowe

Margaret Dumont

as Mrs. Culpepper

Veda Ann Borg

as Daisy, Blonde Hustler

Joe Cunningham

as Col. Gunning

Harold Goodwin

as Capt. Caldwell

Frank Faylen

as Bartender Jerry

Dick Wessel

as Bartender Charlie

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