Best Foot Forward poster

Best Foot Forward Cast & Characters

Best Foot Forward (1943) stars Lucille Ball as Lucille Ball, William Gaxton as Jack O'Riley and Virginia Weidler as Helen Schlesinger. The comedy movie was released October 8, 1943. Below is the full cast and crew.

NR 1943 · 1h 35m 68 Audience

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Edward Buzzell

Screenplay

Irving Brecher , Fred F. Finklehoffe

Based on

John Cecil Holm

Producers

Arthur Freed

Music

Lennie Hayton

Cinematography

Leonard Smith

Editor

Blanche Sewell

Costume design

Gile Steele

Full cast

66 cast members

Virginia Weidler

Helen Schlesinger

Tommy Dix

Elwood C. "Bud" Hooper

Nancy - Blind Date

Harvey "Hunk" Hoyt

Maj. Roger W. Reeber

Donald MacBride

Prof. Walter Morton

Isabel Randolph

Cadet (uncredited)

John Allbule

Cadet

Barbara Bedford

Chaperone at Dance

Lulu Mae Bohrman

Carl R. Botefuhr

Marguerite Campbell

Milton Chisholm

Cadet

Richard Dick

Cadet

Norris Durham

Cadet

Ward Ellis

Cadet

Mac Garn

Cadet

Bradley Hail

Cadet

Fred Jenel

Cadet

Sam Kamie

Cadet

George Lockett

Cadet

Herb Lurie

Cadet

Jack McGee

Cadet

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Train Conductor

James Pilcher

Cadet

Shirley Jean Rickert

Cal Rothenberg

Cadet

George Rowland

Cadet

Riley Thompson

Cadet

John Treul

Cadet

Ken Wilson

Cadet

Crew by department

15 crew members

Directing

Director of Photography

Writing

John Cecil Holm

Fred F. Finklehoffe

Production

Editing

Music

Original Music Composer

Art

Edwin B. Willis

Costume & Makeup

Costume Supervisor

Other

I. Miller

Shoe Design