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6.4/10   16 votes
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Director:
John Hoffman
Writers:
Henry Blankfort (screenplay)
Peggy Phillips (screenplay)
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Release Date:
9 November 1945 (USA) more
Genre:
Mystery more
Plot:
Members of a Jazz Band come under suspicion when a beautiful nightclub singer is murdered. | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A fun film with an unusual hero and a jazz great. more

Cast

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Noah Beery Jr. ... Danny Brooks
Lois Collier ... Jean Walker
John Litel ... Roger Quinn
Steven Geray ... Vic Miller
Claudia Drake ... Anita Lane
Danny Morton ... Johnny
Jimmie Dodd ... Chuck (as James Dodd)
Steve Brodie ... Hillary
John Kellogg ... Keys
Arthur Space ... Carlyle
Josh White ... Specialty Singer
Esquire All-American Band Winners ... Themselves
Coleman Hawkins ... Himself (as Esquire All American Band Winners)
Oscar Pettiford ... Himself (as Esquire All American Band Winners)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hear That Trumpet Talk (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
64 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)

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When Henry Blankfort testified at a 9/18/51 HUAC hearing during the McCarthy "Red Scare" period, he was "belligerent and strident" (according to The Hollywood Reporter) and, when mentioning this film, wryly pointed out that the title had nothing to do with politics. more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
A fun film with an unusual hero and a jazz great., 1 June 1999
Author: John Nedby from Philadelphia, PA

Jazz saxophone pioneer Coleman Hawkins plays in the background of this fun mystery in which a jazz-mad detective secures his dream assignment: investigating a murder in a jazz cabaret. The detective's musical passion is infectious and the film stimulated my interest in jazz of all periods. For me the refreshing depiction of detective as music enthusiast raised the film above the level of most B-mysteries then prevalent.

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