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The Five Pennies

on BBC Two England

- starring Danny Kaye with Barbara Bel Geddes Louis Armstrong. When Loring 'Red'
Nichols, a brash young cornet player, arrives in 1920s New York to join
Will Paradise's orchestra, his ambition is to go much further - to form a band of his own.
Danny Kaye stars as the great Dixieland cornettist in this colourful recreation of the Jazz Age.
Screenplay by JACK ROSE and MELVILLE SHAVELSEN based on a story by ROBERT SMITH Produced by JACK ROSE
Directed by MELVILLE SHAVELSON
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Contributors

Unknown:
Danny Kaye
Unknown:
Danny Kaye
Story By:
Robert Smith
Produced By:
Jack Rose
Directed By:
Melville Shavelson
Loring 'Red' Nichols:
Danny Kaye
Bobbie Meredith:
Barbara Bel Geddes
Louis Armstrong:
Himself
Will Paradise:
Bob Crosby
Tony Valani:
Harry Guardino
Dorothy (aged 12-14):
Susan Gordon
Tommy Eden:
Valerie Allen
Jimmy Dorsey:
Ray Anthony

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