Best Foot Forward

1943    1h 35m    Not Rated
6.450%60%
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 appears.
Directed By
Edward Buzzell
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast of Best Foot Forward
  • Lucille BallLucille Ball
  • William GaxtonJack O'Riley
  • Virginia WeidlerHelen Schlesinger
  • Tommy DixElwood C. "Bud" Hooper
  • Nancy WalkerNancy - Blind Date
  • June AllysonEthel
  • Kenny BowersDutch Miller
  • Gloria DeHavenMinerva Fierce
  • Jack JordanHarvey "Hunk" Hoyt
  • Chill WillsChester Short
  • Henry O'NeillMaj. Roger W. Reeber
  • Sara HadenMiss Talbert
  • Donald MacBrideCapt. Bradd
  • Bob StebbinsGreenie
  • Darwood KayeKiller
  • Morris AnkrumCol. Harkrider
  • Nana BryantMrs. Dalrymple
  • Harry JamesHimself
  • Harry HaydenProf. Walter Morton
  • Isabel RandolphMrs. Morton
  • Stanley DonenCadet
  • Bess FlowersProm Guest
  • Harry DuffCadet (uncredited)
  • John AllbuleCadet
  • Barbara BedfordChaperone at Dance
  • Billy BletcherWaxer
  • Lulu Mae BohrmanElderly Woman
  • Carl R. BotefuhrCadet
  • Marguerite CampbellWoman
  • James CarlisleParty Guest
  • Milton ChisholmCadet
  • Jack CoffeyCadet
  • Richard DickCadet
  • Norris DurhamCadet
  • Ward EllisCadet
  • James EllisonCadet
  • Don GallaherCadet
  • Mac GarnCadet
  • Joe GeilCadet
  • Dick GordonParty Guest
  • Bradley HailCadet
  • Ralph HoopesCadet
  • Fred JenelCadet
  • Sam KamieCadet
  • Colin KennyParty Guest
  • Dale LeflerCadet
  • Jack LindquistCadet
  • George LockettCadet
  • Skip E. LoweCadet
  • Herb LurieCadet
  • Jack McGeeCadet
  • Caren MarshDancer
  • Robert Emmett O'ConnorTrain Conductor
  • James PilcherCadet
  • Shirley Jean RickertDancer
  • Cal RothenbergCadet
  • George RowlandCadet
  • Hugh SheridanCadet
  • Gil StrattonCadet
  • Art ThompsonElderly Man
  • Riley ThompsonCadet
  • John TreulCadet
  • Jack WagnerCadet
  • Ken WilsonCadet
  • Kenneth WilsonCadet
  • Beverly TylerVocalist
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