
A music student is expelled from school because he loves jazz, a kind of music that represents the US capitalism. He hires two street musicians to form a dixie band, and goes from one city to another trying to gain fame.

Igor Sklyar
Kostya Ivanov

Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy
Stepan Grushko

Nikolai Averyushkin
Zhura Ryabov

Pyotr Shcherbakov
Ivan Bavurin

Elena Tsyplakova
Katya Bobrova

Evgeniy Evstigneev
'Papa'

Pyotr Merkuryev
Zhora

Boryslav Brondukov
Kolbashev

Leonid Kuravlyov
Samsonov

Yuri Vasilyev
Orlov
Anatoli Kroll
Musician (uncredited)

Larisa Dolina
Clementine

Nikolay Kochegarov
Samsonov's receptionist

Yuri Gusev
gangster

Vadim Aleksandrov
gray-haired gangster