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The Five Pennies
The Five Pennies
6.1
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25 Ratings

THE FIVE PENNIES

Directed by Melville Shavelson
United States, 1959
Comedy, Drama, Musical

Synopsis

Loring “Red” Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of musical ambition and principles. He gets a job playing in Wil Paradise’s band, but quits to pursue his dream of playing Dixieland jazz.

Synopsis

Loring “Red” Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of musical ambition and principles. He gets a job playing in Wil Paradise’s band, but quits to pursue his dream of playing Dixieland jazz.