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The Band Wagon is a 1953 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. It tells the story of an aging musical star who hopes a Broadway show will revive his career.
Fred Astaire stars as a faded movie star who joins a Broadway show that turns into a modernistic Faust. He falls in love with a ballet dancer (Cyd Charisse) and faces rivalry from a pretentious director (Jack Buchanan).
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Vincente Minnelli
- 1953-08-07
Mar 27, 2005 · A backstage musical about a Broadway show that goes through various stages of failure and triumph. Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse star as a dancer and a ballerina who clash and fall in love, while Jack Buchanan plays a director with artistic pretensions.
Find out who starred in the classic musical film The Band Wagon, directed by Vincente Minnelli and featuring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse and Ava Gardner. See the full list of actors, writers, producers and other crew members on IMDb.
Oscar-winner and legendary hoofer Fred Astaire ("Top Hat") stars in this fun-filled Oscar-nominated musical as a Hollywood celebrity who stumbles into trouble when he agrees to...
A musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire as a washed-up movie star who returns to Broadway and faces a pretentious director and a ballet dancer. The film features songs such as 'That's Entertainment' and 'Dancing in the Dark'.
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