Directed by:
Norman TaurogCast:
Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan, Ian Hunter, Florence Rice, Lynne Carver, Herman Bing, Bess Flowers, Irving Bacon, James Flavin (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
When a casting mixup results in the wrong man getting a major role in a Broadway show, it looks as if the hoofer who deserved the part has lost his shot at stardom. Then the new leading man gets smashed on opening night and someone else has to take his place... (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Fred Astaire](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/441/164441542_7c5d5a.png)
Fred Astaire
USA
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999) - a.f.
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Billy Elliot (2000) - a.f.
![Eleanor Powell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268077_206599.jpg)
Eleanor Powell
USA
Best movies:
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
Born to Dance (1936)
![George Murphy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/320/320687_89c510.jpg)
George Murphy
USA
Best movies:
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Bataan (1943)
Battleground (1949)
![Frank Morgan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496811_fb99cf.jpg)
Frank Morgan
USA
Best movies:
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Stratton Story (1949)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
![Ian Hunter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505317_706acd.jpg)
Ian Hunter
South Africa
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
![Florence Rice](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677318_6d60a8.jpg)
Florence Rice
USA
Best movies:
Double Wedding (1937)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
At the Circus (1939)
![Lynne Carver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/606/160606173_4e374a.jpg)
Lynne Carver
USA
Best movies:
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Roberta (1935)
![Herman Bing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058641_a5c32b.jpg)
Herman Bing
German Empire
Best movies:
Sunrise (1927)
Dumbo (1941)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
![Bess Flowers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619287_5a558a.jpg)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Irving Bacon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000029_a0f98d.jpg)
Irving Bacon
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
![James Flavin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000167_c82328.jpg)
James Flavin
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
![Don Brodie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000176_21637e.jpg)
Don Brodie
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Little Big Man (1970)
![Paul E. Burns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162679_657d94.gif)
Paul E. Burns
USA
Best movies:
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Spartacus (1960)
Storm Warning (1951)
![George Chandler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948792_6060c4.jpg)
George Chandler
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Joseph Crehan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000321_652af3.jpg)
Joseph Crehan
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Love Crazy (1941)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![Jack Mulhall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126072_d11d1a.jpg)
Jack Mulhall
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
![Bobby Barber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/346/159346293_d4aa43.jpg)
Bobby Barber
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Larry Steers
USA
Best movies:
The Gold Rush (1925)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Love Crazy (1941)
James Conaty
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
![Cyril Ring](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/952/159952409_add6da.jpg)
Cyril Ring
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)