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65% Critic Match
Footlight Serenade
“SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT! LAUGH ABOUT! SHOUT ABOUT! THE MIRACLE MUSICAL OF THE YEAR!”
6.5 / 10• 1942• 1h 20m•NR• English
ComedyMusicRomance
Storyline
Conceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show. Tommy always has an eye for the ladies and he starts paying attention to beautiful chorus girl Pat Lambert. Pat's boyfriend Bill Smith isn't impressed with Tommy even though Tommy gets him a boxing part in the show. When Tommy finds out that Pat and Bill were secretly together the night before the show opens, he angrily plans to turn the boxing scene with Bill into a real bout.
Cast & Crew
John Payne
Bill Smith
Lead
Betty Grable
Pat Lambert
Victor Mature
Tommy Lundy
Jane Wyman
Flo La Verne
James Gleason
Bruce McKay
Phil Silvers
Slap
Cobina Wright
Estelle Evans
June Lang
June
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gregory Ratoff's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Footlight Serenade is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
