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Best Foot Forward

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.

1943 |1h 35m |  Comedy, Music

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Cast

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Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

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William Gaxton

Jack O'Riley

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Virginia Weidler

Helen Schlesinger

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Nancy Walker

Nancy - Blind Date

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June Allyson

Ethel

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Gloria DeHaven

Minerva Fierce

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Chill Wills

Chester Short

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Henry O'Neill

Maj. Roger W. Reeber

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Sara Haden

Miss Talbert

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Donald MacBride

Capt. Bradd

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Darwood Kaye

Killer

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Morris Ankrum

Col. Harkrider

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Nana Bryant

Mrs. Dalrymple

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Harry James

Himself

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Harry Hayden

Prof. Walter Morton

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Isabel Randolph

Mrs. Morton

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Bess Flowers

Prom Guest

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Barbara Bedford

Chaperone at Dance

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Billy Bletcher

Waxer

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James Ellison

Cadet

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Dick Gordon

Party Guest

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Colin Kenny

Party Guest

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Jack Lindquist

Cadet

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Caren Marsh

Dancer

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Robert Emmett O'Connor

Train Conductor

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Shirley Jean Rickert

Dancer

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Gil Stratton

Cadet

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Beverly Tyler

Vocalist

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$1,162,000.00

Revenue

$2,704,000.00