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The Five Pennies

Cast

Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong, Harry Guardino View All


Crew

Melville Shavelson (Screenplay), Melville Shavelson (Director), Jack Rose (Screenplay), Robert Smith (Story) View All

Release: Jan. 1st, 1959
Runtime: 1 hour, 57 minutes
Dixieland cornetist Red Nichols runs into opposition to his sound, but breaks through to success. He marries a warm, patient woman and even finds time to raise a family. Then tragedy strikes when their daughter contracts polio.
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Gideon58
The story follows the typical biopic route as red meets and marries a pretty band singer (Barbara Bel Geddes) who supports Red's passion in pursuing the career he wants, which finds Red playing with people like Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, and Artie Shaw, but eventually Red forms his own ba....


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