A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.

Bing Crosby
as Virgil Smith

Joan Fontaine
as Johanna Augusta Franziska

Roland Culver
as Baron Holenia

Lucile Watson
as Princesse Bitotska

Richard Haydn
as l'empereur François-Joseph

Harold Vermilyea
as Chamberlain

Sig Ruman
as Dr. Zwieback

Julia Dean
as Archduchess Stephanie

Bert Prival
as Chauffeur

Alma Macrorie
as Inn Proprietress