Broadway Melody of 1940 - Cast

Cast

  • Fred Astaire as Johnny Brett
  • Eleanor Powell as Clare Bennett
  • George Murphy as King Shaw
  • Frank Morgan as Bob Casey
  • Ian Hunter as Bert C. Matthews
  • Florence Rice as Amy Blake, Casey's Secretary
  • Lynne Carver as Emmy Lou Lee
  • Ann Morriss as Pearl Delonge
  • Trixie Firschke as Juggler

Cast notes:

  • Mel Blanc appears, uncredited, as a panhandler.

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