"Jigger' Lane forms a band that includes singer Ginger 'Character' Powell, wife of the trumpeter Leo Powell, and Nickie Haroyen and Peppi. All of them dedicate themselves to work as a unit ...
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| Priscilla Lane | ... | Ginger 'Character' Powell | |
| Betty Field | ... | Kay Grant | |
| Richard Whorf | ... | Jigger Pine | |
| Lloyd Nolan | ... | Del Davis | |
| Jack Carson | ... | Leo Powell | |
| Wallace Ford | ... | Brad Ames | |
| Elia Kazan | ... | Nickie Haroyen | |
| Peter Whitney | ... | Pete Bossett | |
| Billy Halop | ... | Peppi | |
| Howard Da Silva | ... | Sam Paryas | |
| Joyce Compton | ... | Blonde | |
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Herbert Heywood | ... | Train Brakeman |
| George Lloyd | ... | Joe - St Louis Cafe Owner | |
| Charles C. Wilson | ... | Barney (as Charles Wilson) | |
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Matt McHugh | ... | Drunk |
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"Jigger' Lane forms a band that includes singer Ginger 'Character' Powell, wife of the trumpeter Leo Powell, and Nickie Haroyen and Peppi. All of them dedicate themselves to work as a unit and to play 'blues' music. The dedication isn't paying off in money and, while riding the rails in a boxcar, they meet and befriend a gangster named Del Davis. He offers them a job at a New Jersey roadhouse, where Powell falls in love with Kay Grant, a former 'real-good friend' of Davis. But when Powell learns that 'Character' is about to have a baby, he returns to her. "Jigger" tries to make Kay the band's singer and, when this fails, runs off with her. She leaves him with nothing to show for him except a nervous breakdown.Back at the roadhouse, after his recovery, Kay shows up, has a quarrel with Davis, shoots and kills him and plans to take back up with "Jigger", who knows better but just can't help himself. While she is waiting in a car for him, along comes cripple Brad Ames, who she put in that... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 November 1941 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Hot Nocturne See more »Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USACompany Credits
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(uncredited)
Music by Arthur Schwartz
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Sung a cappella by Jack Carson, Peter Whitney and Elia Kazan
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Jack L. Warner 's first choice for Jigger Pine was George Raft. He was sent a script, but was uninterested. See more »Goofs
When Brad and Kay crash their car toward the end of the movie, The car looks like a '40 or '41 Buick. The car in the crash is an much older car. See more »Soundtracks
In Waikiki(uncredited)
Music by Arthur Schwartz
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Sung a cappella by Jack Carson, Peter Whitney and Elia Kazan
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This film stars mostly second and third-tier actors from Warner Brothers. Familiar actors like Jack Carson, Priscilla Lane, Lloyd Nolan and Wallace Ford are here, but there is also a starring role by the relatively unknown Richard Whorf as well as a supporting role by Elia Kazan--before he made a REAL name for himself as a director. And while none of these folks are huge stars, they do a fine job and the film has the usual high quality and polish you'd expect from the studio.
This film is sort of like a fairy tale about a group of musicians who love Blues, though it's NOT exactly the same style you'd find in Black America--it's more like a big-band/Hollywood idea of the Blues! It's filled with various clichés (such as the BAD girl who might break up the band) but because it's made so well and the music quite enjoyable, it's still worth seeing. Just be sure you aren't looking for THE Blues! Not great but for old movie fans (like myself), it's worth seeing.