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Year: 1959 Running Time: 101 minutes Other: B/W Category: Musical Biography Directed by: Don Weis Produced by: Phillip A. Waxman Screenplay by: Orin Jannings |
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Cast: Yvonne Craig - Gloria Corregio James Darren - Eddie Sirota Lawrence Dobkin - Speaker Willis Susan Kohner - Ethel Maguire Buddy Lester - Himself Sal Mineo - Gene Krupa Red Nichols - Himself Susan Oliver - Dorissa Dinell John Bleifer - Father Ruby Lane - Blues Singer Celia Lovsky - Mother Gavin MacLeod - Ted Krupa Shelly Manne - Davey Tough Anita O'Day - Herself Bobby Troup - Tommy Dorsey |
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| A selective (portrays Krupa's use of marijuana, but not his stand against segregation when he started his band) screen biography of the drummer, starring Sal Mineo, whose drumming is ghosted by Gene Krupa himself. Shelly Manne (as Dave Tough) and Red Nichols have featured roles, in addition to appearances by Clyde Hurley, Al Morgan and Bobby Troup. Bix Beiderbecke, Bunny Berigan, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey and Frankie Trumbauer are all represented onscreen by actors. | |||
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