movie poster
Swing Time
6.8
Released August 28, 1936Runtime 1h 43min

A glorious songburst of gaiety and laughter!

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.

Genres
  • Romance
  • Comedy
Production Companies
  • RKO Radio Pictures
Production Countries
  • United States of America
Finances
  • Budget: $886,000
  • Revenue: $2,600,000
  • Profit/Loss: $1,714,000
Rent
service icon
service icon
service icon
service icon
service icon
Buy
service icon
service icon
service icon
service icon
service icon
Videos
Cast
posterFred AstaireLucky Garnett
posterGinger RogersPenny Carrol
posterVictor MoorePop Cardetti
posterHelen BroderickMabel Anderson
posterEric BloreGordon
posterBetty FurnessMargaret Watson
posterGeorges MetaxaRicky Romero
posterLanders StevensJudge Watson (uncredited)
posterJack GoodeDancer (uncredited)
posterGerald HamerEric Lacanistram (uncredited)
posterEdgar Dearing(uncredited)
posterFern Emmett(uncredited)
posterOlin Francis(uncredited)
posterJohn Harrington(uncredited)
posterHoward Hickman(uncredited)
posterFrank Jenks(uncredited)
posterFrank Mills(uncredited)
posterFerdinand Munier(uncredited)
posterAbe Reynolds(uncredited)
posterPierre Watkin(uncredited)
Crew
posterGeorge StevensDirector
posterHoward LindsayScreenplay
posterAllan ScottScreenplay
posterErwin S. GelseyStory
posterDorothy FieldsLyricist
posterPandro S. BermanProducer
posterDavid AbelDirector of Photography
posterHenry BermanEditor
posterVan Nest PolglaseArt Direction
posterBernard NewmanCostume Design
posterJerome KernOriginal Music Composer
posterVernon L. WalkerVisual Effects
posterHermes PanChoreographer
posterNathaniel ShilkretMusic Director
posterJohn W. HarkriderCostume Design
posterJohn W. HarkriderSet Designer
posterDarrell SilveraSet Dresser
posterHugh McDowell Jr.Sound Recordist
posterGeorge MarshSound Editor
posterCarroll ClarkAssistant Art Director
Recommendations
poster 6.9The Gay Divorcee
poster 7.2Top Hat
poster 6.0Yes Boss
poster 7.5My Man Godfrey
poster 5.8The Garden of Allah
poster 7.2Shall We Dance
poster 7.3Holiday
poster 6.8Follow the Fleet
poster 7.0All the King's Men
poster 6.7Wife vs. Secretary
poster 6.2The Girl Can't Help It
poster 7.2Come Back, Little Sheba
poster 5.3Electric July
poster 6.2Romeo and Juliet
poster 7.6The Last Picture Show
poster 7.5Gaslight
poster 7.4Hour of the Wolf
poster 6.6In the Realm of the Senses
poster 7.2Downton Abbey: A New Era
poster 6.5Olaf's Frozen Adventure
Similar Movies
poster 7.5The Rules of the Game
poster 7.9Roman Holiday
poster 7.7Aladdin
poster 7.5Moulin Rouge!
poster 7.7Brief Encounter
poster 6.0A Catastrophe in Hester Street
poster 4.3Hanele
poster 6.2Walking on Sunshine
poster 7.5Beauty and the Beast
poster 7.9On the Waterfront
poster 7.7Annie Hall
poster 7.3A Hard Day's Night
poster 7.3Murder She Said
poster 7.0Murder at the Gallop
poster 7.0Murder Most Foul
poster 7.1Murder Ahoy
poster 7.3Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
poster 7.4The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
poster 6.8Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
posterThe Knight Is Young