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.
- 6.4
- 1950
- Released
- 1h 52m
Kirk Douglas
Rick Martin
Lauren Bacall
Amy North
Doris Day
Jo Jordan
Hoagy Carmichael
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby
Juano Hernández
Art Hazzard
Jerome Cowan
Phil Morrison
Mary Beth Hughes
Marge Martin
Nestor Paiva
Louis Galba
Orley Lindgren
Young Rick
Walter Reed
Jack Chandler
Paul E. Burns
First Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Dan Seymour
Mike (uncredited)
Bill Walker
Funeral Minister
Jean Spangler
Hula Dancer
Paul Brinegar
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Frank Cady
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Everett Glass
Mission Song Leader (uncredited)
Keye Luke
Ramundo the Houseboy (uncredited)
Barry Norton
Man at Train Station / Café Guest (uncredited)
Released
en
$1,500,000.00
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- #jazz
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- #jazz singer or musician
- #musical
- #jazz club
- #trumpet
Reviews
This trumpet is part of me, the best part! Young Man With A Horn is inspired by the sad life of jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke, a sad life because Bix would succumb to alcoholism and pass away at the age of 28. Rick Martin (Kirk Douglas) is the fictional character of the piece, the film is told in flashbacks of Martin's life through the nostalgic reminiscence of pianist Smoke Willoughby (Hoag