Springtime in the Rockies

Springtime in the Rockies

THE ROMANTIC MUSICAL THAT WILL WRAP ITSELF AROUND YOUR HEART!

NR 1942 · 91 min · ★ 6.9 · Romance, Comedy

Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes a nosedive. In hopes of rekindling their romance and getting Vicky back on the boards with him, Dan follows her to a ritzy resort in the Canadian Rockies, where she and Victor are about to open their new act. But things get complicated when Dan wakes after a bender to find that he's hired an outlandish Latin secretary, Rosita Murphy, which makes Vicky think he's just up to his old tricks again.

Directed by Irving Cummings · Written by Ken Englund

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Betty Grable Vicky Lane
Carmen Miranda Rosita Murphy
John Payne Dan Christy
Cesar Romero Victor Prince
Charlotte Greenwood Phoebe Gray
Edward Everett Horton McTavish
Harry James Harry James
Chick Chandler Stage Manager (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody White Cloud (uncredited)
J.W. Cody Running Deer (uncredited)
Dick Elliott Mr. Jeepers (uncredited)
Bess Flowers Mrs. Jeepers (uncredited)

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