Torrential

Best Foot Forward

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Honey of a Musical

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.

Lucille Ball

(Lucille Ball)

William Gaxton

(Jack O'Riley)

Virginia Weidler

(Helen Schlesinger)

Tommy Dix

(Elwood C. "Bud" Hooper)

Nancy Walker

(Nancy - Blind Date)

June Allyson

(Ethel)

Kenny Bowers

(Dutch Miller)

Gloria DeHaven

(Minerva Fierce)

Jack Jordan

(Harvey "Hunk" Hoyt)

Chill Wills

(Chester Short)

Henry O'Neill

(Maj. Roger W. Reeber)

Sara Haden

(Miss Talbert)

Donald MacBride

(Capt. Bradd)

Bob Stebbins

(Greenie)

Darwood Kaye

(Killer)

Morris Ankrum

(Col. Harkrider)

Nana Bryant

(Mrs. Dalrymple)

Harry James

(Himself)

Harry Hayden

(Prof. Walter Morton)

Isabel Randolph

(Mrs. Morton)

Stanley Donen

(Cadet)

Bess Flowers

(Prom Guest)

Harry Duff

(Cadet (uncredited))

John Allbule

(Cadet)

Barbara Bedford

(Chaperone at Dance)

Billy Bletcher

(Waxer)

Lulu Mae Bohrman

(Elderly Woman)

Carl R. Botefuhr

(Cadet)

Marguerite Campbell

(Woman)

James Carlisle

(Party Guest)

Milton Chisholm

(Cadet)

Jack Coffey

(Cadet)

Richard Dick

(Cadet)

Norris Durham

(Cadet)

Ward Ellis

(Cadet)

James Ellison

(Cadet)

Don Gallaher

(Cadet)

Mac Garn

(Cadet)

Joe Geil

(Cadet)

Dick Gordon

(Party Guest)

Bradley Hail

(Cadet)

Ralph Hoopes

(Cadet)

Fred Jenel

(Cadet)

Sam Kamie

(Cadet)

Colin Kenny

(Party Guest)

Dale Lefler

(Cadet)

Jack Lindquist

(Cadet)

George Lockett

(Cadet)

Skip E. Lowe

(Cadet)

Herb Lurie

(Cadet)

Jack McGee

(Cadet)

Caren Marsh

(Dancer)

Robert Emmett O'Connor

(Train Conductor)

James Pilcher

(Cadet)

Shirley Jean Rickert

(Dancer)

Cal Rothenberg

(Cadet)

George Rowland

(Cadet)

Hugh Sheridan

(Cadet)

Gil Stratton

(Cadet)

Art Thompson

(Elderly Man)

Riley Thompson

(Cadet)

John Treul

(Cadet)

Jack Wagner

(Cadet)

Ken Wilson

(Cadet)

Kenneth Wilson

(Cadet)

Beverly Tyler

(Vocalist)