The Five Pennies (1959)
Rating: 6.7/10
Duration: 117 min
Director(s): Melville Shavelson,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Tuesday Weld as Teenaged Dorothy Nichols
- Danny Kaye as Red Nichols
- Barbara Bel Geddes as Wila Stutsman
- Louis Armstrong as Louis Armstrong
- Harry Guardino as Tony Valani
- Bob Crosby as Wil Paradise
- Bobby Troup as Artie Schutt
- Susan Gordon as Young Dorothy Nichols
- Ray Anthony as Jimmy Dorsey
- Shelly Manne as Dave Tough
- Ray Daley as Glenn Miller
- Valerie Allen as Tommye Eden
- Cindy Carol as Girl at Birthday Party
- Robert Banas as Dancer at College Prom
- Toby Michaels as Girl at Birthday Party