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63% Critic Match
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 / 10• 1933• 1h 29m•NR• English
ComedyRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Dolores del Río
Belinha De Rezende
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Thornton Freeland's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Flying Down to Rio is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
