A British actor insults a French acting group only to fall victim to a prank that might destroy his career.

Brian Aherne
as David Garrick

Olivia de Havilland
as Germaine de la Corbe

Edward Everett Horton
as Tubby

Melville Cooper
as M. W. Picard

Lionel Atwill
as M. Beaumarchais

Luis Alberni
as Luis Basset

Lana Turner
as Mlle. Auber

Marie Wilson
as Mlle. Nicolle

Linda Perry
as Mlle. Molee

Fritz Leiber
as Horatio in 'Hamlet'