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.
Release Date:
1943-10-08
Runtime:
95 minutes
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Starring:
Lucille Ball
as Lucille Ball
William Gaxton
as Jack O'Riley
Virginia Weidler
as Helen Schlesinger
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Tommy Dix
as Elwood C. "Bud" Hooper
Nancy Walker
as Nancy - Blind Date
June Allyson
as Ethel
Kenny Bowers
as Dutch Miller
Gloria DeHaven
as Minerva Fierce
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Jack Jordan
as Harvey "Hunk" Hoyt
Chill Wills
as Chester Short
Henry O'Neill
as Maj. Roger W. Reeber
Sara Haden
as Miss Talbert
Donald MacBride
as Capt. Bradd
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Bob Stebbins
as Greenie
Darwood Kaye
as Killer
Morris Ankrum
as Col. Harkrider
Nana Bryant
as Mrs. Dalrymple
Harry James
as Himself
Harry Hayden
as Prof. Walter Morton
Isabel Randolph
as Mrs. Morton
Stanley Donen
as Cadet
Bess Flowers
as Prom Guest
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Harry Duff
as Cadet (uncredited)
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John Allbule
as Cadet
Barbara Bedford
as Chaperone at Dance
Billy Bletcher
as Waxer
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Lulu Mae Bohrman
as Elderly Woman
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Carl R. Botefuhr
as Cadet
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Marguerite Campbell
as Woman
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James Carlisle
as Party Guest