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You'll Never Get Rich

  • 19411941
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
2.6K
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POPULARITY
25,975
3,596
Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Official Trailer
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Comedy
In order to cover up his philandering ways, a married Broadway producer sets one of his dancers up on a date with a chorus girl for whom he had bought a gift, but the two dancers fall in lov... Read allIn order to cover up his philandering ways, a married Broadway producer sets one of his dancers up on a date with a chorus girl for whom he had bought a gift, but the two dancers fall in love for real.In order to cover up his philandering ways, a married Broadway producer sets one of his dancers up on a date with a chorus girl for whom he had bought a gift, but the two dancers fall in love for real.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
2.6K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
25,975
3,596
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Sidney Lanfield
    • Writers
      • Michael Fessier(original screenplay)
      • Ernest Pagano(original screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Fred Astaire
      • Rita Hayworth
      • Robert Benchley
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Sidney Lanfield
    • Writers
      • Michael Fessier(original screenplay)
      • Ernest Pagano(original screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Fred Astaire
      • Rita Hayworth
      • Robert Benchley
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 27User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 2 nominations total

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    You'll Never Get Rich
    Trailer 2:07
    You'll Never Get Rich

    Photos38

    Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Virginia Davis, Dona Dax, Gwen Kenyon, Patti McCarty, Dorothy Ward, Martha Tilton, Kay St. Germain Wells, Peggy Lou Neary, Bonnie Bronson, and Beth Marlowe in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)

    Top cast

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    Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire
    • Robert Curtis
    Rita Hayworth
    Rita Hayworth
    • Sheila Winthrop
    Robert Benchley
    Robert Benchley
    • Martin Cortland
    John Hubbard
    John Hubbard
    • Tom Barton
    Osa Massen
    Osa Massen
    • Sonya
    Frieda Inescort
    Frieda Inescort
    • Mrs. Julia Cortland
    Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
    Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
    • Kewpie Blain
    • (as Guinn Williams)
    Donald MacBride
    Donald MacBride
    • Top Sergeant
    Cliff Nazarro
    Cliff Nazarro
    • Swivel Tongue
    Marjorie Gateson
    Marjorie Gateson
    • Aunt Louise
    Ann Shoemaker
    Ann Shoemaker
    • Mrs. Barton
    Boyd Davis
    • Colonel Shiller
    Sam Ash
    Sam Ash
    • Nightclub Headwaiter
    • (uncredited)
    Bonnie Bronson
    • Chorus Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Lucius Brooks
    • Guard House Singer - One of The Four Tones
    • (uncredited)
    Stanley Brown
    Stanley Brown
    • Private
    • (uncredited)
    Leon Buck
    • Guard House Singer - One of The Four Tones
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Burns
    • Foreigner at Information Counter
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Sidney Lanfield
    • Writers
      • Michael Fessier(original screenplay)
      • Ernest Pagano(original screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      The language that Swivel Tongue (Cliff Nazarro) uses was called "double talk" and was a popular fad during WW2.
    • Goofs
      As Fred Astaire and Robert Benchley are discussing the upcoming show they pass several soldiers who are working with shovels. Though the soldiers are supposed to be breaking up clods and smoothing the dirt the shovels never come within six inches of the ground.
    • Quotes

      Martin Cortland: Do anything so long as you make my wife believe I was telling the truth when I was lying to her!

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits are presented as a series of roadside advertising signs observed by one of the characters.
    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
    • Soundtracks
      Boogie Barcarolle
      (uncredited)

      Written by Cole Porter

      Danced by Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth and chorus at rehearsal

    User reviews27

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    Top review
    5/10
    If They Only Had Fred & Rita Dance And Forgot The Story This Would Have Been Great
    I really enjoyed the first third of this hour-and-a-half movie. However, when Fred Astaire joins the army, the movie switches from dancing to humor, and the humor is not much. His consists mainly of a fellow soldier who is an expert in double talk. He's pretty good but his act wears thin quickly. So, too, does the storyline: lying, lying, and more lying. That's followed by cover-ups, false accusations, people falling in and out of love at the drop of a hat, etc. - you know, typical stupid fare of the day for these kind of films.

    Since they were not allowed to pollute the films with profanity and pornography, filmmakers still could promote everything wrong by trivializing adultery, lying, smoking, drinking, cheating and other evils. This movie, like a lot of comedies of the day, gives numerous examples of that. Too bad, because it looked like it was going to be a great film, at least in the dancing of Astaire and Hayworth in the beginning. Those two were great to watch. Hayworth, known more for her glamor, was actually a great dancer and reportedly Astaire's favorite partner. No arguments there! Rita looks fantastic and Astaire's stepping is always perfection.

    Unfortunately, in Fred's films they had to have a story go along with his dancing. I only give it five points to see Rita.
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    • Sep 26, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 25, 1941 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • He's My Uncle
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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