Overview
Young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.
Director and cast
- Valentine Davies Director
- Steve Allen as Benny Goodman
- Donna Reed as Alice Hammond
- Berta Gersten as Mama Goodman
- Barry Truex as Benny Goodman à 16 ans
- Herbert Anderson as John Hammond Jr.
- Robert F. Simon as Papa Dave Goodman
- Hy Averback as Willard Alexander - Benny's manager
- Sammy Davis Sr. as Fletcher Henderson
- Dick Winslow as Gil Rodin
- Shepard Menken Cast
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