"Get Aboard!"

1953

1h 52m

7.1(218 votes)

Music

Comedy

Romance

Overview

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

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Cast & Crew

45 members

Acting

Fred Astaire

Tony Hunter

Acting

Cyd Charisse

Gabrielle Gerard

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Oscar Levant

Lester Marton

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Nanette Fabray

Lily Marton

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Jack Buchanan

Jeffrey Cordova

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James Mitchell

Paul Byrd

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Robert Gist

Hal

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Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner (uncredited)

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Don Beddoe

Producer (uncredited)

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Henry Corden

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

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Steve Forrest

Passenger on Train (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

Train Passenger (uncredited)

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India Adams

Gabrielle Gerard (singing voice) (uncredited)

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Douglas Fowley

Auctioneer (uncredited)

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Thurston Hall

Colonel Tripp (uncredited)

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Frank McLure

Investor (uncredited)

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Julie Newmar

Salon Model / Chorine in Girl Hunt Ballet (uncredited)

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Colin Kenny

Drunk Outside Arcade (uncredited)

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Bert Stevens

Train Station Passenger (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Bystander in Girl Hunt Ballet (uncredited)

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Brandon Beach

Auction Guest (uncredited)

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Leroy Daniels

Arcade Shoeshine Man (uncredited)

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Dorinda Clifton

Dancer (uncredited)

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Emory Parnell

Man on Train (uncredited)

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Madge Blake

Investor (uncredited)

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James Carlisle

Theatre Patron (uncredited)

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Dick Cherney

Audience Member (uncredited)

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Tom Coleman

Waiter (uncredited)

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Roy Engel

Reporter (uncredited)

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Al Ferguson

Stagehand (uncredited)

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Jack Gargan

Hotel Doorman (uncredited)

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Herschel Graham

Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)

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Ted Jordan

Chorus Member in Hotel Suite (uncredited)

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John Lupton

Jack - Prompter (uncredited)

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Ann McCrea

Chorus Member in Hotel Suite (uncredited)

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Manuel París

Waiter (uncredited)

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Frank J. Scannell

Reporter (uncredited)

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Hal Taggart

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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Herb Vigran

Man on Train (uncredited)

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Dick Gordon

Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)

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Rudy Germane

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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Richard Alexander

Stagehand (uncredited)

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George Ford

Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)

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George Sherwood

Investor (uncredited)

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Harry Stanton

Investor (uncredited)

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