

The Emperor Waltz
DirectorBilly Wilder
“Bing hits the high notes! Joan hits the love notes! You'll hit a happy note... in this king-sized muscial wonder!”
A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.
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Cast

Bing Crosby
Virgil Smith

Joan Fontaine
Johanna Augusta Franziska

Roland Culver
Baron Holenia

Lucile Watson
Princesse Bitotska

Richard Haydn
l'empereur François-Joseph

Harold Vermilyea
Chamberlain

Sig Ruman
Dr. Zwieback

Julia Dean
Archduchess Stephanie
Bert Prival
Chauffeur
Alma Macrorie
Inn Proprietress
Roberta Jonay
Chambermaid
John Goldsworthy
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