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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Frank Fenton (original screenplay) and
Lynn Root (original screenplay)
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Release Date:
13 July 1943 (USA) more
Plot:
Flying Tiger fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. more
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User Comments:
Woefully under-rated... more (23 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Fred Astaire | ... | Fred Atwell (Fred Burton) |
 | Joan Leslie | ... | Joan Manion |
 | Robert Benchley | ... | Phil Harriman |
 | Robert Ryan | ... | Reginald Fenton |
| Elizabeth Patterson | ... | Mrs. Fisher |
| Marjorie Gateson | ... | Canteen Hostess |
| Freddie Slack and His Orchestra | ... | Themselves |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Freddie Slack | ... | Himself - Leader of His Orchestra |
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Runtime:
89 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
UK:U | Iceland:L | USA:Approved (PCA #9127)
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Trivia:
A Fred Astaire solo dance number (on a railroad track) was cut from the film, although a print containing it was shown in New York until at least 1948. more
Quotes:
Joan Manion:
[Fred and Joan have just finished a dance number] Where did you learn to dance like that?
Fred Atwell:
Arthur Murray.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Great Performances: The Fred Astaire Songbook (#19.4)" (1991) more
Soundtrack:
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) more
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This may conceivably be THE most under-rated film of all-time... NO ONE seems to love it as much as I do. Maltin, etc. all consider it one of Fred's worst movies. I don't understand why! He's great, Robert Benchley is on hand (doing one of his best patented befuddled speaker routines), and Joan Leslie is beautiful, sharp, and a great dancer (she really keeps up with Astaire, which is hard to do!) On top of that there are two immortal songs ("My Shining Hour", and "One For My Baby). It's not really a musical though, more of a romantic-comedy. Astaire and Leslie have a wonderful chemistry, especially in their debates over the importance of work in a man's life (Astaire is practically playing a gen-xer here!) Don't listen to the critics, watch this movie, it has biting wit, good music, and will leave you wistfully happy!