The Five Pennies

The Five Pennies (1959) — drama, music film. Directed by Melville Shavelson. Starring Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong, Harry Guardino. This page maps 8 characters and 7 relationships between them as an interactive character network.

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A musician abandons his career after a family crisis and regains his artistic voice through persistence, family encouragement, and friendship.

Drama, Music · 6.9/10 · 117 min · 1959

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.

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Related entry on Wikidata (Q1110062), public domain (CC0).