Where's Charley? employs cross-dressing as a comedic plot device for mistaken identity, enabling heterosexual romances. The film does not feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, nor does it explore gender identity or same-sex attraction. Its narrative focuses on farcical situations arising from the disguise rather than queer experiences.

Where's Charley? is a musical comedy where a male character cross-dresses as a woman for a temporary disguise to facilitate a romantic plot. This cross-dressing is a comedic device, not an exploration of gender identity. The film does not feature any transsexual characters or themes, thus receiving an N/A rating.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film is an adaptation of "Charley's Aunt," where a male character disguises himself as a woman within the plot. This performance involves gender disguise but maintains the character's canonical gender, which is explicitly excluded from the definition of a gender swap.

The 1957 film "Where's Charley?" is an adaptation of a Victorian-era British play. All major characters, implicitly white in the source material, are portrayed by white actors in the film, indicating no race swaps.