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!”
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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32 people
Dolores del Río
Belinha De Rezende
Known for
Journey into Fear
Cheyenne Autumn
Gene Raymond
Roger Bond
Known for
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Red Dust
Raul Roulien
Julio Rubeiro
Also in
The World Moves On
It's Great to Be Alive
Ginger Rogers
Honey Hale
Known for
Top Hat
Monkey Business
Fred Astaire
Fred Ayres
Known for
Funny Face
Top Hat
Blanche Friderici
Elena De Rezende
Known for
It Happened One Night
A Farewell to Arms
Walter Walker
Senor De Rezende
Known for
Dangerous
The Count of Monte Cristo
Etta Moten
Colored Singer
Roy D'Arcy
One of the Three Greeks
Also in
The Merry Widow
Revolt of the Zombies
Maurice Black
One of the Three Greeks
Known for
Little Caesar
Bonnie Scotland
Armand Kaliz
One of the Three Greeks
Known for
Little Caesar
Midnight
Paul Porcasi
Mayor
Known for
Morocco
Svengali
Thornton Freeland Director · Cyril Hume Screenplay Erwin S. Gelsey Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.5M · Budget $462K · United States release December 22, 1933
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Budget
$462,000
Worldwide gross
$1,545,000
Gross vs. budget
3.3×
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Portuguese
Release dates
United States · December 22, 1933
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
December 29, 1933 · Theatrical
France
April 27, 1934 · Theatrical
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