Top billed cast

1. 

   Kirk Douglas

   Rick Martin

2. 

   Lauren Bacall

   Amy North

3. 

   Doris Day

   Jo Jordan

4. 

   Hoagy Carmichael

   Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby

5. 

   Juano Hernández

   Art Hazzard

6. 

   Jerome Cowan

   Phil Morrison

7. 

   Mary Beth Hughes

   Marge Martin

8. 

   Nestor Paiva

   Louis Galba

9. 

   Orley Lindgren

   Young Rick

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2019-01-21

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 (Hoagy Carmichael).

Young Man With A Horn is very much a film of three parts, the first half firmly establishes Rick's love of music from an early age, his tutelage under mentor Art Hazzard (Juan Hernan...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$1,500,000.00

Keywords

• based on novel or book
• jazz
• musician
• jazz singer or musician
• musical
• jazz club
• trumpet