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The Five Pennies is a 1959 American semi-biographical musical film starring Danny Kaye as jazz cornet player and bandleader Loring "Red" Nichols. Other cast members include Barbara Bel Geddes , Louis Armstrong , Harry Guardino , Bob Crosby , Bobby Troup , Susan Gordon , and Tuesday Weld .
The Five Pennies is a 1959 film based on the life of cornet player Red Nichols, starring Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong. It follows his rise and fall in the jazz scene and his family struggles with polio.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Melville Shavelson
- 1959-08
Jul 19, 2009 · The biography of the famous musician, Red Nichols-played by the unforgetable Danny Kaye. Two beautiful scenes from ...more. My father had seen this film in a New York cinema,while he was...
- 11 min
- 133.2K
- ParaskeviKoutouba
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling-granite voice. Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun. And Barbara Bel Geddes (decades ...
The film tells the story of Loring "Red" Nichols, a cornet player who founded the Five Pennies jazz band in the 1920s. It features Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong and other stars in a colorful and nostalgic adaptation of Nichols' life.
- Melville Shavelson
- Danny Kaye
The Five Pennies is a musical biopic of jazz great Red Nichols, who is here played by Danny Kaye. As the famed Dixieland cornetist, he runs into opposition to his sound, but breaks through barriers to achieve success.
The Five Pennies. The success-tempered-with-tears biopic of jazz great Red Nichols (portrayed by Danny Kaye). Also featuring excellent performances by Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony, Shelly Manne, Barbara Bel Geddes and the debut of Tuesday Weld. 1,443IMDb 7.11 h 57 min1959. X-Ray ALL.
