| Release Date: | Feb 1950 |
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| Genres: | Biography / Drama / Music / Romance |
| Runtime: | 112 min |
| Cast: | Kirk Douglas (Rick Martin), Lauren Bacall (Amy North), Doris Day (Jo Jordan), Hoagy Carmichael (Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby) Juano Hernandez (Art Hazzard) Jerome Cowan (Phil Morrison) Mary Beth Hughes (Marge Martin) Nestor Paiva (Louis Galba) Orley Lindgren (Rick as a boy) Walter Reed (Jack Chandler) Louis Armstrong (Himself (uncredited)) Paul Brinegar (Stage manager (uncredited)) Bridget Brown (Dancing girl (uncredited)) Paul E. Burns (First Pawnbroker (uncredited)) Frank Cady (Hotel clerk (uncredited)) Hugh Charles (Minor Role (uncredited)) Dick Cogan (Interne at Bellevue (uncredited)) Herschel Daugherty (Attendant (uncredited)) Paul Dubov (Maxie (uncredited)) David Dunbar (Alcoholic bum (uncredited)) Ted Eckelberry (Elevator boy (uncredited)) Lewell Enge (Moll (uncredited)) Bess Flowers (Patron at Galba's (uncredited)) Alex Gerry (Dr. Weaver (uncredited)) Everett Glass (Mission song leader (uncredited)) James Griffith (Walt (uncredited)) Helene Heigh (Tweedy woman (uncredited)) Lou Herbert (Minor Role (uncredited)) Charles Horvath (Bouncer (uncredited)) Ivor James (Boy banjoist (uncredited)) Lorna Jordon (Moll (uncredited)) Sid Kane (Minor Role (uncredited)) Jack Kruschen (Cab Driver (uncredited)) Katharine Kurasch (Miss Carson (uncredited)) Murray Leonard (Bartender (uncredited)) Keye Luke (Ramundo, the houseboy (uncredited)) Vivian Mallah (Moll (uncredited)) Hugh Murray (Doctor at Bellevue (uncredited)) Robert A. O'Neil (Bum (uncredited)) Marg Pemberton (Checkroom Girl (uncredited)) Dean Riesner (Joe (uncredited)) Larry Rio (Owner (uncredited)) Dan Seymour (Mike (uncredited)) Jack Shea (Nurse at Bellevue (uncredited)) Zutty Singleton (Musician (uncredited)) Jean Spangler (Hula Dancer (uncredited)) Burk Symon (Second Pawnbroker (uncredited)) Bill Walker (Black minister (uncredited)) George Washington (Musician (uncredited)) Julius Wechter (Boy drummer (uncredited)) Wilson Wood (Young Man (uncredited)) |
As a boy, orphan and dropout Rick Martin finds his only outlet in music. Through chance-met black jazzman Art Hazzard, he develops into a great trumpeter...too great for jazz-hating Jack Chandler, leader of the dance band he joins. But before long he's in a better big band, thanks to the interest of sweet singer Jo Jordan, who alas introduces him to her slinky, rich, highly neurotic friend Amy North. Amy's inconsistent ways soon make Rick a virtual basket case. Is he washed up, or will he find that elusive high note his trumpet won't play? Allegedly based on the life of jazz great Bix Beiderbecke.
