
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.
Cast

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)
Crew

Michael Curtiz
Director

Carl Foreman
Writer

Edmund H. North
Writer
Dorothy Baker
Novel

Alan Crosland, Jr.
Editor
Ted D. McCord
Director of Photography

Jerry Wald
Producer
Betty Delmont
Hairstylist
John Wallace
Makeup Artist
David Curtiz
Second Unit Director, Editorial Staff
Everett Alton Brown
Sound

Harry James
Music Consultant
Ray Heindorf
Music

Max Steiner
Music
William Wallace
Set Decoration
Robert Turner
Props
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