Directed by:
Richard ThorpeScreenplay:
George WellsCinematography:
Harry JacksonComposer:
André PrevinCast:
Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen, Arlene Dahl, Keenan Wynn, Gale Robbins, Gloria DeHaven, Phil Regan, Debbie Reynolds, Paul Harvey, Carleton Carpenter (more)VOD (1)
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Bert Kalmar (Fred Astaire) always wanted to be a magician, but all it takes is a disastrous opening night to make his dream go poof! So Kalmar moves on...and finds songwriting magic with collaborator Harry Ruby (Red Skelton). (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Jack Chefe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/482/159482546_09841b.jpg)
Jack Chefe
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
It Started with Eve (1941)
All About Eve (1950)
Sherry Hall
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
After the Thin Man (1936)
![Ted Stanhope](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/894/159894228_20a693.gif)
Ted Stanhope
USA
Best movies:
The Big Heat (1953)
High Noon (1952)
Three Little Words (1950)
![Syd Saylor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/894/159894714_e88c8d.gif)
Syd Saylor
USA
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Brick Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Love Crazy (1941)
![Franklyn Farnum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948620_a1d5f2.jpg)
Franklyn Farnum
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
William Bailey
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Stratton Story (1949)
George Magrill
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Love Crazy (1941)
James Conaty
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
![William Tannen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/160/160160352_bf4539.jpg)
William Tannen
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Love Crazy (1941)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
![Harry Shannon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/333/158333190_0707f3.jpg)
Harry Shannon
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Random Harvest (1942)
![Billy Gray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/873/159873719_acfb9e.jpg)
Billy Gray
USA
Best movies:
In a Lonely Place (1950)
To Each His Own (1946)
Three Little Words (1950)
Mickey Martin
USA
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Suzanne Ridgway
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
John McKee
USA
Best movies:
The Big Country (1958)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Showdown (1963)
Herschel Graham
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Apartment (1960)
Alex Gerry
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
Three Little Words (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
George Ford
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Bert Davidson
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Adam's Rib (1949)
Three Little Words (1950)
Douglas Carter
UK
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
To Each His Own (1946)