Overview:
Dixieland cornetist Red Nichols runs into opposition to his sound, but breaks through to success. He marries a warm, patient woman and even finds time to raise a family. Then tragedy strikes when their daughter contracts polio.| Status: | Released (1959-06-18) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 4 Oscars. 2 wins & 8 nominations total |
| Screen: | Jack Rose, Melville Shavelson, Robert Smith |
| Productions: | Dena Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
Backdrops
Posters
Recommendations
Casts
- 70668: Danny Kaye - Red Nichols
- 5730: Barbara Bel Geddes - Wila Stutsman
- 82280: Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong
- 14785: Harry Guardino - Tony Valani
- 1027102: Bob Crosby - Wil Paradise
- 161681: Bobby Troup - Artie Schutt
- 100606: Susan Gordon - Young Dorothy Nichols
Crews
- 16745: Melville Shavelson - Director - Directing
- 100762: John P. Fulton - Special Effects - Crew
- 1027339: Farciot Edouart - Visual Effects - Visual Effects
- 111987: W. Wallace Kelley - Second Unit Director of Photography - Camera
- 50580: Nellie Manley - Hair Supervisor - Costume & Make-Up
- 119397: Hal C. Kern - Production Assistant - Production
- 40460: Leith Stevens - Conductor - Sound
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Reviews
John Chard
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Mr. Paradise, I play New Orleans style. You know, it's the newest thing. As a matter of fact I got an arrangement right here of the very number that you're doing. The Five Pennies is a musical biopic of jazz great Red Nichols, who is here played by Danny Kaye. As the famed Dixiela ....
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This one leaves a strange feeling. I look back on <em>'The Five Pennies'</em> in two parts. The first half of the film is uninteresting and slow, but once the story gets set and the second half comes to fruition it turns into something rather touching - which I didn't expect at al ....
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