Swing Time (1936)
"A glorious songburst of gaiety and laughter!"
ThumbScore
👍 84%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 93%
(RT: 93%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Victor Moore as Pop Cardetti
Helen Broderick as Mabel Anderson
Eric Blore as Gordon
Betty Furness as Margaret Watson
Georges Metaxa as Ricky Romero
Landers Stevens as Judge Watson (uncredited)
Is Swing Time good?
Most people think so. 84% audience score, estimated from 259 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 93%.
Overview
Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky. Wikipedia ↗
