by John Bush
synopsis
A star-studded cast invigorates this film of a jazz trumpeter (Sammy Davis Jr.) who experiences both the prejudices of the music industry and terrible guilt following the traffic accident that killed his family, a tragedy he feels personally responsible for. Co-stars include several giants of jazz and popular music: Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Ossie Davis, and Mel Tormé, as well as Peter Lawford and Cicely Tyson.
characteristics
- Music
- Prejudice
- Love
- Jazz
- Roadster
- Segregation
- Stage
- Spurned
- South
- Self-pity
- Guilt
- Dying
- Backstage
- Auto
- Activist
