Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid steals Goodman's clarinet. Goodman and Popsie pursue him to a tenement flat where he has led them to hear his brother play the trombone. Shenanigans ensue following Goodman's offering the brother a job with the band.
- Released
- 1944-09-21
- Genres
- Music, Romance
- Runtime
- 76 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Archie Mayo, Richard English
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Benny Goodman as Benny Goodman
- Linda Darnell as Trudy Wilson
- Jack Oakie as Popsy
- Lynn Bari as Pat Stirling
- James Cardwell as Johnny Birch
- Allyn Joslyn as Lester Barnes
- John Campbell as Dixie Zang
- Roy Benson as Skeets McCormick
- Dickie Moore as Military Cadet General 'Mogie' Cramichael
- Terry Moore as Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)