You'll Never Get Rich
Exciting loveliness and rhythm in a star-spangled army musical!
1941 | 88m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Sidney Lanfield |
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| Writer: | Michael Fessier, Ernest Pagano |
| Staring: |
| A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 25, 1941 |
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| Director: | Sidney Lanfield |
| Writer: | Michael Fessier, Ernest Pagano |
| Genres: | Comedy, Music, Romance |
| Keywords | new york city, dancing, show business, nightclub, musical, army, singing, soldier, broadway |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Fred Astaire | Robert Curtis |
| Rita Hayworth | Sheila Winthrop |
| Robert Benchley | Martin Cortland |
| John Hubbard | Captain Tom Barton |
| Osa Massen | Sonya |
| Frieda Inescort | Mrs. Julia Cortland |
| Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams | Kewpie Blain |
| Donald MacBride | Top Sergeant |
| Cliff Nazarro | Swivel Tongue |
| Marjorie Gateson | Aunt Louise |
| Ann Shoemaker | Mrs. Barton |
| Boyd Davis | Colonel Shiller |
| Lester Dorr | Photographer at Crystal Room (uncredited) |
| Frank Ferguson | Justice of the Peace (uncredited) |
| Frank Mills | Soldier Messenger (uncredited) |
| James Millican | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Cyril Ring | Passerby on Street (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Vernon | Kewpie's Mother (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Irene | Costume Design |
| Sidney Lanfield | Director |
| Otto Meyer | Editor |
| Philip Tannura | Director of Photography |
| Lionel Banks | Art Direction |
| Robert Kalloch | Costume Design |
| Clay Campbell | Makeup Supervisor |
| Philip Faulkner Jr. | Sound Recordist |
| John P. Livadary | Sound Engineer |
| Helen Hunt | Hairstylist |
| Gene Anderson | Assistant Director |
| Robert Alton | Choreographer |
| Michael Fessier | Screenplay |
| Ernest Pagano | Screenplay |
| Cole Porter | Lyricist, Music, Songs, Original Music Composer |
| Morris Stoloff | Music Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Samuel Bischoff | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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