![Best Foot Forward](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original//tj2fpKOpN8vdEGkGCOWtZgAAJxf.jpg)
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Best Foot Forward
1 hour 35 minutes1943-10-08
6.0
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Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.
Cast
![Lucille Ball](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//HpqB6dUz4eqZnOjk5xEuHCvp5Y.jpg)
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
![William Gaxton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hPWz6Ae8v1196gQSl1rGiqqFrit.jpg)
William Gaxton
Jack O'Riley
![Virginia Weidler](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fjco2o4Ny0fvJh3FzPzI61jKPqg.jpg)
Virginia Weidler
Helen Schlesinger
![Tommy Dix](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Tommy Dix
Elwood C. "Bud" Hooper
![Nancy Walker](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//iFlWLXSmepz3vK6x66DgdCicvdy.jpg)
Nancy Walker
Nancy - Blind Date
![June Allyson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5kVGMneSYFWdxslO7cYA7li7N2U.jpg)
June Allyson
Ethel
![Kenny Bowers](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kenny Bowers
Dutch Miller
![Gloria DeHaven](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ij6RuBeiDE0ugrBgBFfiMF0RkdY.jpg)
Gloria DeHaven
Minerva Fierce
![Jack Jordan](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jack Jordan
Harvey "Hunk" Hoyt
![Chill Wills](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//uk1BljEiYkzSd7ihp7SJIpBVI3u.jpg)
Chill Wills
Chester Short
![Henry O'Neill](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2jrV5PWrFNtnecl0Ls6zOJOp1EI.jpg)
Henry O'Neill
Maj. Roger W. Reeber
![Sara Haden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//77NW5jRIn7rxzEMxhR2kjsCCDXg.jpg)
Sara Haden
Miss Talbert
![Donald MacBride](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//AkOwJ81bJkoorsGZMjhMpQZbCrO.jpg)
Donald MacBride
Capt. Bradd
![Bob Stebbins](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Bob Stebbins
Greenie
![Darwood Kaye](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bIsNAtMsaYbgrDMc7TAVqf8lrk0.jpg)
Darwood Kaye
Killer
![Morris Ankrum](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//pFgtE39bKKjpz1aluBq9v4ED2IT.jpg)
Morris Ankrum
Col. Harkrider
![Nana Bryant](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9pAqHEbdQt0B7iYebTyxcGMbc45.jpg)
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Dalrymple
![Harry James](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5eborPUQeLIeYlvOULPgM26uZvY.jpg)
Harry James
Himself
![Harry Hayden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vI8i4TS6egKqXOqQrUQaBmP0mUq.jpg)
Harry Hayden
Prof. Walter Morton
![Isabel Randolph](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nmGn8F9gPhxpOGvCqsfR4NG1VVA.jpg)
Isabel Randolph
Mrs. Morton
![Stanley Donen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hvRi8etQyf6Zfh7MRsRP0pBR9Om.jpg)
Stanley Donen
Cadet
![Bess Flowers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bTeLHYMnODJNJnlbkH0QXI87cDF.jpg)
Bess Flowers
Prom Guest
![Harry Duff](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Harry Duff
Cadet (uncredited)
![John Allbule](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
John Allbule
Cadet
![Barbara Bedford](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kjMpv29yRVsN9meWRtfQMExg9TQ.jpg)
Barbara Bedford
Chaperone at Dance
![Billy Bletcher](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ncapDtCeDsMJxEKFXocJTFfnpau.jpg)
Billy Bletcher
Waxer
![Lulu Mae Bohrman](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Lulu Mae Bohrman
Elderly Woman
![Carl R. Botefuhr](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Carl R. Botefuhr
Cadet
![Marguerite Campbell](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Marguerite Campbell
Woman
![James Carlisle](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
James Carlisle
Party Guest
![Milton Chisholm](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Milton Chisholm
Cadet
![Jack Coffey](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jack Coffey
Cadet
![Richard Dick](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Richard Dick
Cadet
![Norris Durham](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Norris Durham
Cadet
![Ward Ellis](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ward Ellis
Cadet
![James Ellison](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8AGbL7qMeXvlsS1niOpKvaXVdcV.jpg)
James Ellison
Cadet
![Don Gallaher](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Don Gallaher
Cadet
![Mac Garn](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Mac Garn
Cadet
![Joe Geil](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Joe Geil
Cadet
![Dick Gordon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//AemXOHtKW9SmdHHxYyJiaFditkb.jpg)
Dick Gordon
Party Guest
![Bradley Hail](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Bradley Hail
Cadet
![Ralph Hoopes](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ralph Hoopes
Cadet
![Fred Jenel](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Fred Jenel
Cadet
![Sam Kamie](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Sam Kamie
Cadet
![Colin Kenny](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8zW8KNpOtiQxx9lTugciQbsl4gV.jpg)
Colin Kenny
Party Guest
![Dale Lefler](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Dale Lefler
Cadet
![Jack Lindquist](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//a2zfwrznAb1QegR3flSt7IHV6PL.jpg)
Jack Lindquist
Cadet
![George Lockett](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
George Lockett
Cadet
![Skip E. Lowe](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Skip E. Lowe
Cadet
![Herb Lurie](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Herb Lurie
Cadet
![Jack McGee](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jack McGee
Cadet
![Caren Marsh](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nmUkLPkyzQGDXi8P2yigxbh9Scp.jpg)
Caren Marsh
Dancer
![Robert Emmett O'Connor](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//udAKCPDJt2yQ7gdqdhZLvA73BSl.jpg)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Train Conductor
![James Pilcher](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
James Pilcher
Cadet
![Shirley Jean Rickert](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Shirley Jean Rickert
Dancer
![Cal Rothenberg](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Cal Rothenberg
Cadet
![George Rowland](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
George Rowland
Cadet
![Hugh Sheridan](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Hugh Sheridan
Cadet
![Gil Stratton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bTCYQsrf007ivm5UJAuNEm4oM11.jpg)
Gil Stratton
Cadet
![Art Thompson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Art Thompson
Elderly Man
![Riley Thompson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Riley Thompson
Cadet
![John Treul](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
John Treul
Cadet
![Jack Wagner](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jack Wagner
Cadet
![Ken Wilson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ken Wilson
Cadet
![Kenneth Wilson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kenneth Wilson
Cadet
![Beverly Tyler](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//r1u1kEBs4PWFa1qFRmN00uOaiaY.jpg)