
Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own jazz club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of her murder.

Mickey Rooney
Stanley Maxton

Sally Forrest
Jane Tafford

William Demarest
Fluff

James Craig
Delwyn 'Sonny' Johnson

Kay Brown
Edna

Louis Armstrong
Himself

Myrna Dell
Paulette Ardrey

Vic Damone
Himself
Art Lewis
Sam

Tommy Rettig
Artie Ardrey

Tom Powers
Lt. Detective Bonnabel

Jonathan Cott
Behr

Crime of Passion
Crime of Passion

The Hot Month of August
The Hot Month of August

Angel Face
Angel Face

Laura
Laura

Shoot the Piano Player
Shoot the Piano Player

Murder, My Sweet
Murder, My Sweet

Superheroes
Superheroes

Campus Heat
Campus Heat

The Brasher Doubloon
The Brasher Doubloon

The General's Daughter
The General's Daughter

Joseph
Joseph

The Cotton Club
The Cotton Club