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Flying Down to Rio

Too big for the world... So they staged it in the clouds... Too beautiful for words... So they set it to music!

  • Movie
  • 1933
  • NR
  • 1h 29m

Directed by Thornton Freeland

6.3

TMDB audience rating
6.3 out of 10 from 77 votes

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Overview

An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairing of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and their only pre-Code film.

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Cast and crew

  • Dolores del Río

    Dolores del RíoBelinha De Rezende

  • Gene Raymond

    Gene RaymondRoger Bond

  • Raul Roulien

    Raul RoulienJulio Rubeiro

  • Ginger Rogers

    Ginger RogersHoney Hale

  • Fred Astaire

    Fred AstaireFred Ayres

  • Blanche Friderici

    Blanche FridericiElena De Rezende

  • Walter Walker

    Walter WalkerSenor De Rezende

  • Etta Moten

    Etta MotenColored Singer

  • Roy D'Arcy

    Roy D'ArcyOne of the Three Greeks

  • Maurice Black

    Maurice BlackOne of the Three Greeks

  • Armand Kaliz

    Armand KalizOne of the Three Greeks

  • Paul Porcasi

    Paul PorcasiMayor

  • Reginald Barlow

    Reginald BarlowBanker

  • Eric Blore

    Eric BloreHead Waiter

  • Luis Alberni

    Luis AlberniRio Casino Manager (uncredited)

  • Don 'Red' Barry

    Don 'Red' BarryDancer (uncredited)

  • Leon Beaumon

    Leon BeaumonYankee Clipper (uncredited)

  • Eddie Borden

    Eddie BordenEddie (uncredited)

Director
Thornton Freeland
Writer
Cyril Hume, H.W. Hanemann and Erwin S. Gelsey
Music
Vincent Youmans
Cinematography
J. Roy Hunt