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!
6.3(74) 1933-12-22 89 minComedyRomance
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.
DirectorThornton Freeland
ScreenplayCyril Hume
ScreenplayH.W. Hanemann
ScreenplayErwin S. Gelsey
Original Music ComposerVincent Youmans
Cast & characters
Dolores del Río
as Belinha De Rezende
Gene Raymond
as Roger Bond
Raul Roulien
as Julio Rubeiro
Ginger Rogers
as Honey Hale
Fred Astaire
as Fred Ayres
Blanche Friderici
as Elena De Rezende
Walter Walker
as Senor De Rezende
Etta Moten
as Colored Singer
Roy D'Arcy
as One of the Three Greeks
Maurice Black
as One of the Three Greeks
Armand Kaliz
as One of the Three Greeks
Paul Porcasi
as Mayor
Reginald Barlow
as Banker
Eric Blore
as Head Waiter
Luis Alberni
as Rio Casino Manager (uncredited)
Don 'Red' Barry
as Dancer (uncredited)
Leon Beaumon
as Yankee Clipper (uncredited)
Eddie Borden
as Eddie (uncredited)
Lucile Browne
as Belinha's Friend (uncredited)
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Ray Cooke
as Banjo Player (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
as Messenger (uncredited)
Emilio Fernández
as Dancer (uncredited)
Betty Furness
as Belinha's Friend (uncredited)
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Alice Gentle
as Singer (uncredited)
