Young Man with a Horn
1950, Film, 112 min, Biography, Drama, Music, English, United States, MoviePedia score 66
Put down your trumpet, jazzman. I'm in the mood for love!
Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands, whilst also coping with the problems caused by his tempestuous marriage to an aloof heiress.
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Cast
- Kirk Douglas as Rick Martin
- Lauren Bacall as Amy North
- Doris Day as Jo Jordan
- Hoagy Carmichael as Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby
- Juano Hernandez as Art Hazzard
- Jerome Cowan as Phil Morrison
- Mary Beth Hughes as Marge Martin
- Nestor Paiva as Louis Galba
- Orley Lindgren as Rick as a Boy
- Walter Reed as Jack Chandler
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