Film

Best Foot Forward

1943 · 1h 35m · Comedy · Music

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Honey of a Musical

IMDb

6.4

Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

William Gaxton

Jack O'Riley

Virginia Weidler

Helen Schlesinger

Tommy Dix

Elwood C. "Bud" Hooper

Nancy Walker

Nancy - Blind Date

June Allyson

Ethel

Kenny Bowers

Dutch Miller

Gloria DeHaven

Minerva Fierce

Jack Jordan

Harvey "Hunk" Hoyt

Chill Wills

Chester Short

Henry O'Neill

Maj. Roger W. Reeber

Sara Haden

Miss Talbert

Donald MacBride

Capt. Bradd

Bob Stebbins

Greenie

Darwood Kaye

Killer

Morris Ankrum

Col. Harkrider

• Edward BuzzellDirector
• Irving BrecherScreenplay
• Fred F. FinklehoffeScreenplay
• John Cecil HolmNovel
• Arthur FreedProducer
• Leonard SmithDirector of Photography
• Lennie HaytonOriginal Music Composer
• Blanche SewellEditor

Best Foot Forward

Release date

October 8, 1943

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

NR

Budget

$1,162,000

Revenue

$2,704,000

Genres

Comedy, Music

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