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68% Critic Match
Swing Time
“A glorious songburst of gaiety and laughter!”
6.8 / 10• 1936• 1h 43m•NR• English
RomanceComedy
Storyline
Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky.
Cast & Crew
Fred Astaire
Lucky Garnett
Lead
Ginger Rogers
Penny Carrol
Victor Moore
Pop Cardetti
Helen Broderick
Mabel Anderson
Eric Blore
Gordon
Betty Furness
Margaret Watson
Georges Metaxa
Ricky Romero
Landers Stevens
Judge Watson (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. George Stevens's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Swing Time is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
