

Best Foot Forward
1 hour 35 minutes1943-10-08
6.0
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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.
Cast

Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball

William Gaxton
Jack O'Riley

Virginia Weidler
Helen Schlesinger

Tommy Dix
Elwood C. "Bud" Hooper

Nancy Walker
Nancy - Blind Date

June Allyson
Ethel

Kenny Bowers
Dutch Miller

Gloria DeHaven
Minerva Fierce

Jack Jordan
Harvey "Hunk" Hoyt

Chill Wills
Chester Short

Henry O'Neill
Maj. Roger W. Reeber

Sara Haden
Miss Talbert

Donald MacBride
Capt. Bradd

Bob Stebbins
Greenie

Darwood Kaye
Killer

Morris Ankrum
Col. Harkrider

Nana Bryant
Mrs. Dalrymple

Harry James
Himself

Harry Hayden
Prof. Walter Morton

Isabel Randolph
Mrs. Morton

Stanley Donen
Cadet

Bess Flowers
Prom Guest

Harry Duff
Cadet (uncredited)

John Allbule
Cadet

Barbara Bedford
Chaperone at Dance

Billy Bletcher
Waxer

Lulu Mae Bohrman
Elderly Woman

Carl R. Botefuhr
Cadet

Marguerite Campbell
Woman

James Carlisle
Party Guest

Milton Chisholm
Cadet

Jack Coffey
Cadet

Richard Dick
Cadet

Norris Durham
Cadet

Ward Ellis
Cadet

James Ellison
Cadet

Don Gallaher
Cadet

Mac Garn
Cadet

Joe Geil
Cadet

Dick Gordon
Party Guest

Bradley Hail
Cadet

Ralph Hoopes
Cadet

Fred Jenel
Cadet

Sam Kamie
Cadet

Colin Kenny
Party Guest

Dale Lefler
Cadet

Jack Lindquist
Cadet

George Lockett
Cadet

Skip E. Lowe
Cadet

Herb Lurie
Cadet

Jack McGee
Cadet

Caren Marsh
Dancer

Robert Emmett O'Connor
Train Conductor

James Pilcher
Cadet

Shirley Jean Rickert
Dancer

Cal Rothenberg
Cadet

George Rowland
Cadet

Hugh Sheridan
Cadet

Gil Stratton
Cadet

Art Thompson
Elderly Man

Riley Thompson
Cadet

John Treul
Cadet

Jack Wagner
Cadet

Ken Wilson
Cadet

Kenneth Wilson
Cadet
