Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him for years) and Wendy Wilecat (who rescued him from an angry mob). It is all settled at the Sadie Hawkins Day race.

Jeff York
as Li'l Abner Yokum

Martha O'Driscoll
as Daisy Mae Scraggs

Mona Ray
as Pansy 'Mammy' Yokum

Johnnie Morris
as Lucifer 'Pappy' Yokum

Buster Keaton
as Lonesome Polecat

Billie Seward
as Cousin Delightful

Kay Sutton
as Wendy Wilecat

Maude Eburne
as Granny Scraggs

Edgar Kennedy
as Cornelius Cornpone

Charles A. Post
as Earthquake McGoon