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The Benny Goodman Story

02 Feb 1956
  • United States of America
116 mins
6.3
14 votes
  • Drama
  • Music
articleOverview personCast
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.
  • Steve Allen

    as Benny Goodman
  • Donna Reed

    as Alice Hammond
  • Berta Gersten

    as Mama Goodman
  • Barry Truex

    as Benny Goodman (age 16)
  • Herbert Anderson

    as John Hammond Jr.
  • Robert F. Simon

    as Papa Dave Goodman
  • Hy Averback

    as Willard Alexander - Benny's manager
  • Sammy Davis Sr.

    as Fletcher Henderson
  • Dick Winslow

    as Gil Rodin
  • Shepard Menken

    as Harry Goodman
  • Jack Kruschen

    as 'Murph' Podolsky - riverboat band Mgr.
  • Wilton Graff

    as John Hammond Sr.

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