The Eddy Duchin Story
There Never Was a Guy Like Eddy!
1956 · 2h 3m · APPROVED
Drama, Music, Romance
Directed by
George Sidney
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The Eddy Duchin Story
Overview
The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.
Director and cast
- George Sidney Director
- Tyrone Power as Eddy Duchin
- Kim Novak as Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin
- James Whitmore as Lou Sherwood
- Victoria Shaw as Chiquita
- Rex Thompson as Peter Duchin, Age 12
- Mickey Maga as Peter Duchin, Age 5
- Shepperd Strudwick as Sherman Wadsworth
- Frieda Inescort as Edith Wadsworth
- Gloria Holden as Mrs. Duchin
- Larry Keating as Leo Reisman
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