Director: Michael Curtiz

Writers: Carl Foreman; Edmund H. North

From novel by: Dorothy Baker

Musical Direction by: Ray Heindorf

Producer: Jerry Wald

Keywords: Drama, Biography

Based on the life of Bix Beiderbecke, though with a happier ending.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lauren Bacall	Actor	16-Sep-1924	12-Aug-2014	Key Largo
Hoagy Carmichael	Songwriter	22-Nov-1899	27-Dec-1981	Star Dust
Jerome Cowan	Actor	6-Oct-1897	24-Jan-1972	Miracle on 34th Street
Doris Day	Actor	3-Apr-1922	13-May-2019	The Man Who Knew Too Much
Kirk Douglas	Actor	9-Dec-1916		Spartacus
Mary Beth Hughes	Actor	13-Nov-1919	27-Aug-1995	The Ox-Bow Incident
Nestor Paiva	Actor	30-Jun-1905	9-Sep-1966	Tarantula

CAST

Kirk Douglas	...   Rick Martin (trumpeter)
Lauren Bacall	...   Amy North (jazz patron)
Doris Day	...   Jo Jordan (singer)
With
Hoagy Carmichael	...   Smoke Willoughby (piano player)
Juano Hernandez	...   Art Hazzard
Jerome Cowan	...   Phil Morrison
Mary Beth Hughes	...   Marge Martin
Nestor Paiva	...   Louis Galba
Orley Lindgren	...   Rick as a Boy
Walter Reed	...   Jack Chandler

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