Directed by:
Michael CurtizCinematography:
Ted D. McCordCast:
Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, Juano Hernandez, Jerome Cowan, Mary Beth Hughes, Nestor Paiva, Dan Seymour, Jack Kruschen (more)VOD (1)
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With a second-hand trumpet and the loving guidance of a brilliant bluesman, a lonely boy grows into manhood as a superb musician whose talent carries him from honky-tonks to posh supper clubs. But his desperate search for the elusive high note trapped in his mind but impossible to play starts him on a boozy downward slide. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Kirk Douglas
USA
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Paths of Glory (1957)
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Lust for Life (1956)
Lauren Bacall
USA
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The Big Sleep (1946)
Doris Day
USA
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Hoagy Carmichael
USA
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The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Juano Hernandez
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
The Pawnbroker (1964)
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Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Jerome Cowan
USA
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Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Bernadette (1943)
Shall We Dance? (1937)
Mary Beth Hughes
USA
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Inner Sanctum (1948)
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Nestor Paiva
USA
Best movies:
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The Sea Hawk (1940)
Midnight (1939)
Dan Seymour
USA
Best movies:
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The Talk of the Town (1942)
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Jack Kruschen
Canada
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The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Cape Fear (1962)
Louis Armstrong
USA
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Keye Luke
China
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Bess Flowers
USA
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Frank Cady
USA
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The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Paul Brinegar
USA
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Paul E. Burns
USA
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John Breen
USA
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Arthur Tovey
USA
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Bill Walker
USA
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The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
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Ray Heindorf
USA
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A Star is Born (1954)
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