Best Foot Forward
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Honey of a Musical
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$1162000
Revenue
$2704000
Runtime
95 min
Release Date
1943-10-08
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
6
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
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Dalrymple
Harry James
Himself
Harry Hayden
Prof. Walter Morton
Isabel Randolph
Mrs. Morton
Stanley Donen
Cadet
Bess Flowers
Prom Guest
Harry Duff
Cadet (uncredited)
John Allbule
Cadet
Barbara Bedford
Chaperone at Dance
Billy Bletcher
Waxer
Lulu Mae Bohrman
Elderly Woman
Carl R. Botefuhr
Cadet
Marguerite Campbell
Woman
James Carlisle
Party Guest
Milton Chisholm
Cadet
Jack Coffey
Cadet
Richard Dick
Cadet
Norris Durham
Cadet
Ward Ellis
Cadet
James Ellison
Cadet
Don Gallaher
Cadet
Mac Garn
Cadet
Joe Geil
Cadet
Dick Gordon
Party Guest
Bradley Hail
Cadet
Ralph Hoopes
Cadet
Fred Jenel
Cadet
Sam Kamie
Cadet
Colin Kenny
Party Guest
Dale Lefler
Cadet
Jack Lindquist
Cadet
George Lockett
Cadet
Skip E. Lowe
Cadet
Herb Lurie
Cadet
Jack McGee
Cadet
Caren Marsh
Dancer
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Train Conductor
James Pilcher
Cadet
Shirley Jean Rickert
Dancer
Cal Rothenberg
Cadet
George Rowland
Cadet
Hugh Sheridan
Cadet
Gil Stratton
Cadet
Art Thompson
Elderly Man
Riley Thompson
Cadet
John Treul
Cadet
Jack Wagner
Cadet
Ken Wilson
Cadet
Kenneth Wilson
Cadet
Beverly Tyler
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