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cast: 35
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# The Palm Beach Story (1942): cast and crew

35 cast and 12 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Claudette Colbert](https://film.one/person/claudette-colbert.md) as Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers
- [Joel McCrea](https://film.one/person/joel-mccrea.md) as Tom Jeffers
- [Mary Astor](https://film.one/person/mary-astor.md) as The Princess Centimillia
- [Rudy Vallee](https://film.one/person/rudy-vallee.md) as John D. Hackensacker III
- [Sig Arno](https://film.one/person/sig-arno.md) as Toto
- [Robert Warwick](https://film.one/person/robert-warwick.md) as Mr. Hinch
- [Arthur Stuart Hull](https://film.one/person/arthur-stuart-hull.md) as Mr. Osmond
- [Torben Meyer](https://film.one/person/torben-meyer.md) as Dr. Kluck
- [Jimmy Conlin](https://film.one/person/jimmy-conlin.md) as Mr. Asweld
- [Victor Potel](https://film.one/person/victor-potel.md) as Mr. McKeewie
- [William Demarest](https://film.one/person/william-demarest.md) as First Member Ale and Quail Club
- [Jack Norton](https://film.one/person/jack-norton.md) as Second Member Ale and Quail Club
- [Robert Greig](https://film.one/person/robert-greig.md) as Third Member Ale and Quail Club
- [Roscoe Ates](https://film.one/person/roscoe-ates.md) as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
- [Dewey Robinson](https://film.one/person/dewey-robinson.md) as Fifth Member Ale and Quail Club
- [Chester Conklin](https://film.one/person/chester-conklin.md) as Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club
- Sheldon Jett as Seventh Member Ale and Quail Club
- Robert Dudley as Wienie King
- [Franklin Pangborn](https://film.one/person/franklin-pangborn.md) as Manager
- [Arthur Hoyt](https://film.one/person/arthur-hoyt.md) as Pullman Conductor
- Al Bridge as Conductor
- Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Colored Bartender
- Charles R. Moore as Colored Porter
- Frank Moran as Brakeman
- Harry Rosenthal as Orchestra Leader
- [Esther Howard](https://film.one/person/esther-howard.md) as Wife of Wienie King
- [Frank Faylen](https://film.one/person/frank-faylen.md) as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- [J. Farrell MacDonald](https://film.one/person/j-farrell-macdonald.md) as Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)
- Edward McNamara as Officer in Penn Station (uncredited)
- [Bert Moorhouse](https://film.one/person/bert-moorhouse.md) as Diner on Train (uncredited)
- [Marcelle Corday](https://film.one/person/marcelle-corday.md) as Elderly Maid (uncredited)
- [Bess Flowers](https://film.one/person/bess-flowers.md) as Gerry's Maid of Honor/Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
- Max Wagner as Tom's Best Man (uncredited)
- [Byron Foulger](https://film.one/person/byron-foulger.md) as Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
- Joe Gilbert as Store Employee (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Preston Sturges](https://film.one/person/preston-sturges.md): Director

## Writing

- [Preston Sturges](https://film.one/person/preston-sturges.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Paul Jones](https://film.one/person/paul-jones.md): Associate Producer

## Camera

- [Victor Milner](https://film.one/person/victor-milner.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Stuart Gilmore](https://film.one/person/stuart-gilmore.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Victor Young](https://film.one/person/victor-young.md): Original Music Composer
- Harry Lindgren: Sound Recordist
- Walter Oberst: Sound Recordist

## Art

- Ernst Fegté: Art Direction
- Hans Dreier: Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- Wally Westmore: Makeup Artist
- [Irene Lentz](https://film.one/person/irene.md): Costume Design

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