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!
ComedyRomancedancingairplanelove trianglerio de janeirofiancépilotorchestramusicaltap dancingbeautiful womansingingblack and white
A buoyant, music-and-dance-driven romantic comedy where spectacle, charm, and aerial wonder serve a lighthearted love triangle resolved through song and footwork.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Dolores del Río
Belinha De Rezende
Gene Raymond
Roger Bond
Raul Roulien
Julio Rubeiro
Ginger Rogers
Honey Hale
Fred Astaire
Fred Ayres
Blanche Friderici
Elena De Rezende
Walter Walker
Senor De Rezende
Etta Moten
Colored Singer
Roy D'Arcy
One of the Three Greeks
Maurice Black
One of the Three Greeks
Armand Kaliz
One of the Three Greeks
Paul Porcasi
Mayor
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Hidden gem
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
