Flying Down to Rio
1933 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Aviator and band leader Roger Bond is forever getting his group fired for flirting with the lady guests. When he falls for Brazilian beauty Belinha de Rezende it appears to be for real, even though she is already engaged. His Yankee Clippers band is hired to open the new Hotel Atlântico in Rio and Roger offers to fly Belinha part way home. After a mechanical breakdown and forced landing, Roger is confident and makes his move, but Belinha plays hard to get. She can't seem to decide between Roger and her fiance Júlio. When performing the airborne production number to mark the Hotel's opening, Júlio gets some intriguing ideas...
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Dolores del Rio · Gene Raymond · Raul Roulien · Ginger Rogers · Fred Astaire · Blanche Friderici · Franklin Pangborn · Eric Blore
Soundtrack Vincent Youmans · Edward Eliscu · Gus Kahn
Screenplay Cyril Hume · H.W. Hanemann · Erwin S. Gelsey · Anne Caldwell
Cinematography J. Roy Hunt
Original title Flying Down to Rio
5.8
310 votes (FilmAffinity)
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