
The Benny Goodman Story
- Released on
Drama, Music
•- Runtime
- 116 mins
(14 votes)
Young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.
Young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.
Cast
- Steve Allen
- Donna Reed
- Berta Gersten
- Barry Truex
- Herbert Anderson
- Robert F. Simon
- Hy Averback
- Sammy Davis Sr.
- Dick Winslow
- Shepard Menken
- Jack Kruschen
- Wilton Graff
- Fred Essler
- David Kasday
- John Erman
- George Givot
- Lionel Hampton
- Gene Krupa
- Teddy Wilson
- Ben Pollack
- Kid Ory
- Urbie Green
- Buck Clayton
- Stan Getz
- Harry James
- Martha Tilton
- Ziggy Elman
Director
- Valentine Davies
Producers
- Aaron Rosenberg
Screenwriter
- Valentine Davies