Cast

• Louis Jordan
  Louis Jordan
  Louis Thomas Jordan was a pioneering American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician, songwriter and bandleader who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "The King of the Jukebox", Jordan was highly popular with both black and white audiences in the...
  
   as Lucius Brokenshire "Louis" Jordan
• Frank L. Wilson as Prof. Drury
• Emory Richardson as Dean Hargreaves
• Valerie Black as Annabelle Brown
• Milton Woods as Benjamin Ware III
• Joseph Hiliard as Harry Jones (student)
• Tommy Hix as Donald (student)
• Charles Johnson
  Charles Johnson
  Charles Johnson, Charlie Johnson, Charley Johnson or Chuck Johnson may refer to:-American public officials:*Charles Johnson , Democratic-Republican who represented 8th congressional district, 1801–1802...
  
  
• John Frant as Joe
• Ernest Calloway as Man in train station
• Dimples Daniels as Long-legged Lizzie dancer

Soundtrack

• "Beware, Brother, Beware"
• "Long Legged Lizzie"
• "You've Got To Have a Beat"
• Louis Jordan and his orchestra - "Salt Pork, West Virginia" (Written by William Tennsyon Jr.)
• Louis Jordan and his orchestra - "Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule" (Written by William Davis
  William Davis
  -Politicians:* Bill Davis, , Ontario politician* William Davis , Illinois State Representative for the 30th district* William C. Davis, , Canadian politician...
  
   and Charles Stewart
  Charles Stewart
  -UK people:* Charles Stewart , Scottish-born merchant and officeholder involved in the Somersett Case* Charles William Stewart later Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry...
  
  )
• "The Land of the Buffalo Nickle"
• "Good Morning Heatache"
• "How Long Must I Wait"
• Performed by Louis Jordan and his orchestra - "Old Fashion Passion" (Written by Claude Demetri)