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The Five Pennies

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The Five Pennies
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1hr 57min
Genres:
Drama,Musical
Release:
1959
Director:
Melville Shavelson
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong  ...more
Synopsis: The Five Pennies is the life story of influential jazz cornetist Red Nichols, played here by a remarkably straight-faced Danny Kaye. The somewhat romanticized screenplay chronicles Nichols' rise from obscurity, annotates the many future bandleaders who would play with Nichols' "Five Pennies," and details his self-destructive streak and (seeming) inability to conform to changing musical tastes. Weaving in and out of the main story is a sentimental subplot concerning Nichols' physically impaired daughter ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Undeniably schmaltzy, The Five Pennies still has a certain pull. Most viewers will wince and groan at its soap operatics every five minutes or so, and will probably find themselves saying, "That's enough." Yet they probably won't change the channel until the ridiculously over-the-top finale, and by then the whole picture will have passed anyway. Despite its heavy-handedness, Five Pennies is enjoyable ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Danny Kaye
Loring "Red" Nichols, Red (Ernest Loring) Nichols
Barbara Bel Geddes
Bobbie Meredith (Willa Stutsman), Bobbie Meredith (Willie Stutzmeyer)
Louis Armstrong
Himself
Harry Guardino
Tony Valani
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