Top Hat
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Top Hat

They're Dancing Cheek-To-Cheek Again!

7.2 / 10 1935 1h 39mNR English
MusicComedyRomance

Storyline

Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.

Cast & Crew

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Jerry Travers

Lead
Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Dale Tremont

Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton

Horace Hardwick

Erik Rhodes

Erik Rhodes

Alberto Beddini

Eric Blore

Eric Blore

Bates

Helen Broderick

Helen Broderick

Madge Hardwick

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Flower Shop Clerk (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Gino Corrado

Venice Hotel Manager (uncredited)

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mark Sandrich's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Top Hat is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker