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M-G-M's musical melodrama of the Dancer and the Drummer!

5.6

1h 25m

1951

“M-G-M's musical melodrama of the Dancer and the Drummer!”

Synopsis

Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own jazz club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of her murder.

Director

László Kardos

CrimeDramaMusic

drumsjazz singer or musicianfilm noirmurder investigationnightclub ownertold in flashbackjazz bandcabaret dancernightclub performeraccused of murderhollywood hillsmusical acts

Cast & Crew

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

as Stanley Maxton

Sally Forrest

Sally Forrest

as Jane Tafford

William Demarest

William Demarest

as Fluff

James Craig

James Craig

as Delwyn 'Sonny' Johnson

Kay Brown

Kay Brown

as Edna

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

as Himself

Myrna Dell

Myrna Dell

as Paulette Ardrey

Vic Damone

Vic Damone

as Himself

Art Lewis

as Sam

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