Characters & Themes
Footlight Serenade (1942) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1942 · 80 mins · English
- Directed by
- Gregory Ratoff
- Starring
- Irving Bacon, James Gleason, Betty Grable, John Payne, Jane Wyman, Phil Silvers
World‑champion boxer Tommy Lundy, brimming with confidence, tries his hand at Broadway and lands a role that lets him mingle with the chorus. He becomes smitten with the beautiful chorus girl Pat Lambert, whose boyfriend Bill Smith resents Tommy despite getting a part in the show’s boxing scene. When Tommy learns Pat and Bill spent the night together before opening night, he decides to turn the staged fight into a real bout, igniting comic chaos.
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