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A jazz-man of the wide-open '20s - caught in the crossfire of its blazing .38s!
In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection.
Jack Webb Janet Leigh Edmond O'Brien Peggy Lee Andy Devine Lee Marvin Ella Fitzgerald Martin Milner Than Wyenn Herbert Ellis John Dennis Jayne Mansfield Mort Marshall Moe Schneider George Van Eps Ray Sherman Matty Matlock Eddie Miller Nick Fatool Jud De Naut Nesdon Booth Perry Botkin Sr. Teddy Buckner Dick Cathcart Harper Goff Jester Hairston Donald Kerr Hank Mann Harry 'Snub' Pollard Joe Venuti
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