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Sweet and Low-Down

Hot on every note!

5.2

1h 16m

1944

“Hot on every note!”

Synopsis

After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid steals Goodman's clarinet. Goodman and Popsie pursue him to a tenement flat where he has led them to hear his brother play the trombone. Shenanigans ensue following Goodman's offering the brother a job with the band.

Director

Archie Mayo

MusicRomance

musicaltraintrombone

Cast & Crew

Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman

as Benny Goodman

Linda Darnell

Linda Darnell

as Trudy Wilson

Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie

as Popsy

Lynn Bari

Lynn Bari

as Pat Stirling

James Cardwell

James Cardwell

as Johnny Birch

Allyn Joslyn

Allyn Joslyn

as Lester Barnes

John Campbell

as Dixie Zang

Roy Benson

as Skeets McCormick

Dickie Moore

Dickie Moore

as Military Cadet General 'Mogie' Cramichael

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