Swing Time
“A glorious songburst of gaiety and laughter!”
Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky.
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Cast
20 people
Fred Astaire
Lucky Garnett
Known for
Funny Face
Top Hat
Ginger Rogers
Penny Carrol
Known for
Top Hat
Monkey Business
Victor Moore
Pop Cardetti
Known for
Make Way for Tomorrow
The Seven Year Itch
Helen Broderick
Mabel Anderson
Known for
Top Hat
Eric Blore
Gordon
Known for
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Top Hat
Betty Furness
Margaret Watson
Also in
The Keeper of the Bees
Magnificent Obsession
Georges Metaxa
Ricky Romero
Known for
The Mask of Dimitrios
Landers Stevens
Judge Watson (uncredited)
Also in
Hell Divers
Charlie Chan's Secret
Jack Goode
Dancer (uncredited)
Also in
The Knife of the Party
Show for Sale
Gerald Hamer
Eric Lacanistram (uncredited)
Known for
The Scarlet Claw
Edgar Dearing
(uncredited)
Also in
Abraham Lincoln
Pollyanna
Fern Emmett
(uncredited)
Known for
The Shepherd of the Hills
George Stevens Director · Howard Lindsay Screenplay Allan Scott Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2.6M · Budget $886K · United States release August 28, 1936
Box office
Budget
$886,000
Worldwide gross
$2,600,000
Gross vs. budget
2.9×
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Hungarian
Release dates
United States · August 27, 1936
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · August 28, 1936
Theatrical
Belgium
August 28, 1936 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 12, 1936 · Theatrical
France
September 22, 1937 · Theatrical
Italy
February 24, 1938 · Theatrical
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