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Too big for the world... So they staged it in the clouds... Too beautiful for words... So they set it to music!

Flying Down to Rio

6.3 / 10 6.3 1933 1h 29mNR

ComedyRomance

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.

Directed by Thornton Freeland

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CAST

The people behind the story

Dolores del Río

Dolores del RíoBelinha De Rezende

Gene Raymond

Gene RaymondRoger Bond

Raul Roulien

Raul RoulienJulio Rubeiro

Ginger Rogers

Ginger RogersHoney Hale

Fred Astaire

Fred AstaireFred Ayres

Blanche Friderici

Blanche FridericiElena De Rezende

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Walter WalkerSenor De Rezende

Etta Moten

Etta MotenColored Singer