THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY

Name: The Benny Goodman Story
Released: 1956
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Berta Gersten, Barry Truex, Herbert Anderson

6.3 IMDB1956116 MINS

DRAMAMUSIC

THE STORY

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.

THE CREW

Steve Allen

Benny Goodman

Donna Reed

Alice Hammond

Berta Gersten

Mama Goodman

Barry Truex

Benny Goodman (age 16)

Herbert Anderson

John Hammond Jr.

Robert F. Simon

Papa Dave Goodman

Hy Averback

Willard Alexander - Benny's manager

Sammy Davis Sr.

Fletcher Henderson

Dick Winslow

Gil Rodin

Shepard Menken

Harry Goodman