Kostya Ivanov
Stepan Grushko
Zhura Ryabov
Ivan Bavurin
Katya Bobrova
'Papa'
Zhora
Kolbashev
Samsonov
Orlov
Musician (uncredited)
Clementine
Samsonov's receptionist
gangster
gray-haired gangster
real Kolbasyev
comission member
examiner
doorman
Yaryshkin, waiter
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.