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!

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Comedy
Romance
Music

Overview

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.

Keywords

airplane
musical
dancing
pilot
black and white
rio de janeiro
love triangle
singing
tap dancing
romantic triangle
orchestra
beautiful woman
fiancé
pre-code
bandleader
beautiful woman
showgirl
band singer
biplane
dance band
dancing girls
forced landing
aerial stunts

Details

Status: Released
Release date: December 22, 1933
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English, Portuguese
Countries: United States of America
Production: RKO Radio Pictures
Cast: Walter Walker,Roy D'Arcy,Hazel Hayes,Jean Carmen,Adrian Rosley,Eric Blore,Armand Kaliz,Dolores del Río,Etta Moten,Ray Cookeand 22 more
Director: Thornton Freeland
Writer: Anne Caldwell,Lou Brock,H.W. Hanemann,Cyril Hume,Erwin S. Gelsey,Edward Eliscu,Gus Kahn
Producer: Merian C. Cooper
Cinematography: J. Roy Hunt
Music: Vincent Youmans
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0024025