Young Man with a Horn

Young Man with a Horn

113 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | March 1, 1950

Legendary trumpeter Art Hazzard teaches young Rick Martin everything he knows about playing, so Rick becomes a star musician, but a troubled marriage and the desire to play pure jazz instead of commercial swing songs cause him problems.

Young Man with a Horn

113 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | March 1, 1950

Young Man with a Horn
Legendary trumpeter Art Hazzard teaches young Rick Martin everything he knows about playing, so Rick becomes a star musician, but a troubled marriage and the desire to play pure jazz instead of commercial swing songs cause him problems.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title Young Man with a Horn
Directors David Curtiz, Michael Curtiz
Writers Dorothy Baker, Edmund H. North, Carl Foreman

Cast

Kirk Douglas

as Rick Martin

Lauren Bacall

as Amy North

Doris Day

as Jo Jordan

Hoagy Carmichael

as Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby

Juano Hernández

as Art Hazzard

Jerome Cowan

as Phil Morrison

Mary Beth Hughes

as Marge Martin

Nestor Paiva

as Louis Galba

Orley Lindgren

as Young Rick

Walter Reed

as Jack Chandler

Paul E. Burns

as First Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Dan Seymour

as Mike (uncredited)

Bill Walker

as Funeral Minister (uncredited)