Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Ben Vereen | ... | Louis Armstrong | |
Red Buttons | ... | Red Cleveland | |
Margaret Avery | ... | Alma Rae | |
Janet MacLachlan | ... | Lil Hardin Armstrong | |
Lee de Broux | ... | Jack Cherney | |
Karen Jensen | ... | Florence Cleveland | |
Albert Paulsen | ... | The Man | |
Bill Henderson | ... | Charles Rudolph | |
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Ketty Lester | ... | Mrs. Thomas |
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Stack Pierce | ... | Cummins |
Richard X. Slattery | ... | First Detective | |
Wallace Rooney | ... | Police Sergeant | |
Jason Wingreen | ... | Second Detective | |
Jerry Fogel | ... | Jack Teagarden | |
Britt Leach | ... | Attendant |
The story of how jazz great Louis Armstrong got his start playing in Chicago clubs, how he was framed on a drug charge, and his travels throughout Europe, where he first gained worldwide fame.