Movie

Best Foot Forward

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Honey of a Musical

1943★ 6.8 · 51h 35mComedyMusic

Overview

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.

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Cast

Lucille Ball
as Lucille Ball

Isabel Randolph
as Mrs. Morton

June Allyson
as Ethel

Morris Ankrum
as Col. Harkrider

Bess Flowers
as Prom Guest

Henry O'Neill
as Maj. Roger W. Reeber

Chill Wills
as Chester Short

Virginia Weidler
as Helen Schlesinger

Stanley Donen
as Cadet

Billy Bletcher
as Waxer

Nana Bryant
as Mrs. Dalrymple

Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Train Conductor

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6.8/ 10

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6.8

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Release date: 1943-10-08

Budget: $1,162,000

Revenue: $2,704,000

Runtime: 1h 35m

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ComedyMusic

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