< The Five Pennies (1959)

MOVIE | 1h 57m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 7.1 (2_340)

Biography, Drama, Music | Danny Kaye cuts loose with his trademark musical clowning. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling-granite voice. Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun.

• Director: Melville Shavelson
• Writer: Jack Rose
• Writer: Melville Shavelson
• Writer: Robert Smith
• Writer: Red Nichols
• Danny Kaye (48) - 'Red' Nichols
• Barbara Bel Geddes (37) - Willa Stutsman
• Louis Armstrong (58) - Louis Armstrong
• Harry Guardino (34) - Tony Valani
• Bob Crosby (46) - Wil Paradise
• Bobby Troup (41) - Artie Schutt
• Susan Gordon (10) - Dorothy Nichols - Ages 6 to 8
• Tuesday Weld (16) - Dorothy Nichols - Age 13
• Ray Anthony (37) - Jimmy Dorsey
• Shelly Manne (39) - Dave Tough
• Ray Daley (27) - Glenn Miller
• Valerie Allen (23) - Tommye Eden
• Eric Alden (51) - Musician
• Babette Bain (13) - Rehabilitation Patient
• Bill Baldwin (46) - Announcer
• Sheryn Banks (17) - Girl at Birthday Party
• Earl Barton (30) - Choreographer
• Henry Beau (48) - Undetermined Secondary Role
• Francesca Bellini (23) - Undetermined Secondary Role
• John Benson (43) - Musician