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Review
Cast
Production Credits
Awards
The Five Pennies
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Year
Run Time
1959
117 min.
Work Rating
Countries
MPAA Rating
USA
Category
Color Type
Feature
Color
Director
Melville Shavelson
Genres
Musical
Drama
Types
Biopic [feature]
Musical Drama
Showbiz Drama
Flags
Suitable for Children
Keywords
handicap
daughter
fame
jazz
trumpeter
wife
musician
Themes
Life in the Arts
Musician's Life
Rags To Riches
All Washed Up
Tones
Bittersweet
Melancholy
Heartwarming
Earnest
Rousing
Stylized
Moods
Only Human
Cinematic Process
VistaVision
Key name
Nichols, Loring "Red"
Set In
New York City, NY
Produced by
Dena Productions
Paramount
AMG Work ID
V 17686
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Danny Kaye
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Loring "Red" Nichols
Barbara Bel Geddes
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Bobbie Meredith (Willa Stutsman)
Louis Armstrong
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Himself
Harry Guardino
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Tony Valani
Tuesday Weld
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Dorothy Nichols, 12-14
Susan Gordon
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Dorothy Nichols, ages 6-8
Bob Crosby
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Wil Paradise
Ray Anthony
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Jimmy Dorsey
Bobby Troup
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Arthur Schutt
Shelly Manne
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Dave Tough
Ray Daley
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Glenn Miller
Valerie Allen
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Tommye Eden (Tony's Double-Date with Red & Bobbie)
Earl Barton
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Choreographer
Ned Glass
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Murray
Bob Hope
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Himself
Richard Shavelson
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Party
Blanche Sweet
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Bit