Dick Powell, Doris Weston, Lee Dixon, Hugh Herbert, Jane Darwell, Allen Jenkins, Larry Adler, Marcia Ralston, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Veda Ann Borg, Jane Wyman, Berton Churchill, Eddie Acuff, Henry O'Neill, Addison Richards
Bob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and they pitch in to send him to New York to compete in an amateur contest. Success in the contest, however, sets him up for trouble in romance, in his career, and with the Corps.