Film

Flying Down to Rio

1933 · 1h 29m · Comedy · Romance

Too big for the world... So they staged it in the clouds... Too beautiful for words... So they set it to music!

IMDb

6.6

Rotten Tomatoes

83%

Metacritic

72

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.

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

Reginald Barlow

Banker

Eric Blore

Head Waiter

Luis Alberni

Rio Casino Manager (uncredited)

Don 'Red' Barry

Dancer (uncredited)

• Thornton FreelandDirector
• Cyril HumeScreenplay
• H.W. HanemannScreenplay
• Erwin S. GelseyScreenplay
• Lou BrockStory
• Merian C. CooperExecutive Producer
• J. Roy HuntDirector of Photography
• Vincent YoumansOriginal Music Composer
• Jack KitchinEditor

Flying Down to Rio 1933 TrailerFlying Down To Rio - Trailer

Release date

December 22, 1933

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

NR

Genres

Comedy, Romance

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