Directed by:
László KardosScreenplay:
Allen RivkinCinematography:
Robert SurteesCast:
Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest, William Demarest, James Craig, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Rettig, Myrna Dell, Monica Lewis, Earle Hodgins, Jeffrey Sayre, Donald Kerr (more)Plots(1)
A Korean war veteran (Mickey Rooney) returns to the famous Sunset Strip in Los Angeles to resume his career as a drummer. Instead he gets entangled with mobsters who force him to become a bookmaker. While trying to get into a new line of work, he also helps an aspiring starlet achieve her dreams. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Mickey Rooney
USA
Best movies:
Captains Courageous (1937)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Sally Forrest
USA
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Mystery Street (1950)
While the City Sleeps (1956)
William Demarest
USA
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Mountain (1956)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
James Craig
USA
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The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
Side Street (1950)
The Devil's Brigade (1968)
Louis Armstrong
USA
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The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
A Song Is Born (1948)
Tommy Rettig
USA
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The Raid (1954)
The Last Wagon (1956)
Panic in the Streets (1950)
Myrna Dell
USA
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
In Old Oklahoma (1943)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Monica Lewis
USA
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Charley Varrick (1973)
Earthquake (1974)
The Sting II (1983)
Earle Hodgins
USA
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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
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Jeffrey Sayre
USA
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
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Donald Kerr
USA
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Lester Dorr
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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Frank Hyers
USA
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A Place in the Sun (1951)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Sherry Hall
USA
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Fury (1936)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
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Fred Graham
USA
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Vertigo (1958)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Robert Foulk
USA
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Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
East of Eden (1955)
John Maxwell
USA
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Jeff Richards
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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
William Tannen
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Love Crazy (1941)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Joyce Jameson
USA
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The Apartment (1960)
Josey Wales, hors-la-loi (1976)
Show Boat (1951)