Best Foot Forward

95 minutes

10/8/1943

Overview

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 List

Lucille Ball
as Lucille Ball
William Gaxton
as Jack O'Riley
Virginia Weidler
as Helen Schlesinger
Tommy Dix
as Elwood C. "Bud" Hooper
Nancy Walker
as Nancy - Blind Date
June Allyson
as Ethel
Kenny Bowers
as Dutch Miller
Gloria DeHaven
as Minerva Fierce
Jack Jordan
as Harvey "Hunk" Hoyt
Chill Wills
as Chester Short
Henry O'Neill
as Maj. Roger W. Reeber
Sara Haden
as Miss Talbert
Donald MacBride
as Capt. Bradd
Bob Stebbins
as Greenie
Darwood Kaye
as Killer
Morris Ankrum
as Col. Harkrider
Nana Bryant
as Mrs. Dalrymple
Harry James
as Himself
Harry Hayden
as Prof. Walter Morton
Isabel Randolph
as Mrs. Morton
Stanley Donen
as Cadet
Bess Flowers
as Prom Guest
Harry Duff
as Cadet (uncredited)
John Allbule
as Cadet
Barbara Bedford
as Chaperone at Dance
Billy Bletcher
as Waxer
Lulu Mae Bohrman
as Elderly Woman
Carl R. Botefuhr
as Cadet
Marguerite Campbell
as Woman
James Carlisle
as Party Guest
Milton Chisholm
as Cadet
Jack Coffey
as Cadet
Richard Dick
as Cadet
Norris Durham
as Cadet
Ward Ellis
as Cadet
James Ellison
as Cadet
Don Gallaher
as Cadet
Mac Garn
as Cadet
Joe Geil
as Cadet
Dick Gordon
as Party Guest
Bradley Hail
as Cadet
Ralph Hoopes
as Cadet
Fred Jenel
as Cadet
Sam Kamie
as Cadet
Colin Kenny
as Party Guest
Dale Lefler
as Cadet
Jack Lindquist
as Cadet
George Lockett
as Cadet
Skip E. Lowe
as Cadet
Herb Lurie
as Cadet
Jack McGee
as Cadet
Caren Marsh
as Dancer
Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Train Conductor
James Pilcher
as Cadet
Shirley Jean Rickert
as Dancer
Cal Rothenberg
as Cadet
George Rowland
as Cadet
Hugh Sheridan
as Cadet
Gil Stratton
as Cadet
Art Thompson
as Elderly Man
Riley Thompson
as Cadet
John Treul
as Cadet
Jack Wagner
as Cadet
Ken Wilson
as Cadet
Kenneth Wilson
as Cadet
Beverly Tyler
as Vocalist