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The Five Pennies

Danny Kaye cuts loose with his trademark musical clowning. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling-granite voice. Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun.

Director

Melville Shavelson

Year

Genre

biography, drama, music

Box Office

N/A

Production

Dena Productions

Awards

Nominated for 4 Oscars. 2 wins & 8 nominations total

'Red' Nichols

Willa Stutsman

Barbara Bel Geddes

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Tony Valani

Wil Paradise

Artie Schutt

Dorothy Nichols - Ages 6 to 8

Dorothy Nichols - Age 13

Jimmy Dorsey

Dave Tough

Glenn Miller

Tommye Eden

Musician

Rehabilitation Patient

Announcer

Girl at Birthday Party

Choreographer

Undetermined Secondary Role

Undetermined Secondary Role

Francesca Bellini

Musician

Doctor

Alexander Campbell

Girl at Birthday Party

Girl at Birthday Party

Lesley-Marie Colburn

Announcer

Nurse

Lou - Maitre d'

Boy at Birthday Party

Paul Francis DeRolf

Dancer

Girl at Birthday Party

Hotel Guest

Murray

Dancer

Hotel Guest

Herschel Graham

Waiter

Boy at Birthday Party

Norman Lee Harris

Producer

Patient

Charles Herbert

Bob Hope - Leaving Brown Derby Restaurant

Nurse

Boy at Birthday Party

Producer

Restaurant Patron

Robert Locke Lorraine

Musician

Ship Worker

Taxi Driver

Girl at Birthday Party

Producer

Clicquot Club Eskimo

Hotel Guest

Musician

Nurse

Ship Worker

Announcer

Speciality Dancer

Frank Radcliffe

Doctor

Boy at Birthday Party

Duncan Richardson

Hotel Guest

Doctor in Recovery Ward

Girl at Birthday Party

Susan Seaforth Hayes

Boy at Birthday Party

Richard Shavelson

Producer

Richard Wilson

Headmistress of School

Musician

Club Patron

Blonde Charleston Dancer

Barber

Teacher

Announcer

Dick Whittinghill

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'red' Nichols Wil Paradise Tony Valani Louis Armstrong Willa Stutsman Dorothy Nichols - Ages 6 To 8 Murray Bob Hope - Leaving Brown Derby Restaurant Artie Schutt

Okay let's try it again - The Five Pennies

Okay let's try it again

All right the only thing is Mr Paradise I play New Orleans style - The Five Pennies

All right the only thing is Mr Paradise I play New Orleans...

-Sit right here, baby.
-Thank you, Tony. - The Five Pennies

-Sit right here, baby. -Thank you, Tony.

I should have warned you Bobbie This kid is hip - The Five Pennies

I should have warned you Bobbie This kid is hip

We didn't order any tea Did you order - The Five Pennies

We didn't order any tea Did you order

We've got a real live one here.
Have some more tea, cowboy. - The Five Pennies

We've got a real live one here. Have some more tea, cow...

Oh! Good alcohol, I've gone blind! - The Five Pennies

Oh! Good alcohol, I've gone blind!

-Red, how about that bugle?
-Like the music? - The Five Pennies

-Red, how about that bugle? -Like the music?

I know I'm to blame - The Five Pennies

I know I'm to blame

Well I'd like to inform you about one information of piece of fact - The Five Pennies

Well I'd like to inform you about one information of...

Where's the arrangement Arrangement - The Five Pennies

Where's the arrangement Arrangement

I'm gonna be very sick - The Five Pennies

I'm gonna be very sick

Excuse it folks - The Five Pennies

Excuse it folks

You mean you want just me alone - The Five Pennies

You mean you want just me alone

The band ends its song
and people applaud - The Five Pennies

The band ends its song and people applaud

Everybody is quiet
while he keeps playing in a slow tempo - The Five Pennies

Everybody is quiet while he keeps playing in a slow tempo

He speeds up
and the band joins him - The Five Pennies

He speeds up and the band joins him

♪ Glory, glory ♪ - The Five Pennies

♪ Glory, glory ♪

Louis comes in
and people cheer - The Five Pennies

Louis comes in and people cheer

People cheering - The Five Pennies

People cheering

Get that boy's license number.
He caught the nightingale. - The Five Pennies

Get that boy's license number. He caught the nightingal...

Honk - The Five Pennies

Now wait a minute Now sit down shut up and blow - The Five Pennies

Now wait a minute Now sit down shut up and blow

♪ I'll take you ♪ - The Five Pennies

♪ I'll take you ♪

-Hello?
-I forgot to give you
the toothpaste. - The Five Pennies

-Hello? -I forgot to give you the toothpaste.

-Loring?
-What? - The Five Pennies

-Loring? -What?

It's a lovely suite. - The Five Pennies

It's a lovely suite.

You're gonna make a terrble husband. - The Five Pennies

You're gonna make a terrble husband.

The Clicquot Club Eskimos
are on the air. - The Five Pennies

The Clicquot Club Eskimos are on the air.

♪ Oh, Indiana home ♪ - The Five Pennies

♪ Oh, Indiana home ♪

Presenting to you - The Five Pennies

Presenting to you

Suddenly plays a strident note
and starts playing in faster tempo - The Five Pennies

Suddenly plays a strident note and starts playing in faster ...

The Canada Dry Mounties
are on the air. - The Five Pennies

The Canada Dry Mounties are on the air.

♪ in Indiana ♪ - The Five Pennies

♪ in Indiana ♪

♪ In the fields of new mown hay ♪ - The Five Pennies

♪ In the fields of new mown hay ♪

Plays something resembling a neigh - The Five Pennies

Plays something resembling a neigh

Hey Bobbie come on over and join us All right - The Five Pennies

Hey Bobbie come on over and join us All right

Why don't you eat your wife's cheesecake - The Five Pennies

Why don't you eat your wife's cheesecake

It's not bad.
Kind of like it. - The Five Pennies

It's not bad. Kind of like it.

If you do what he do What he do what he do what he does - The Five Pennies

If you do what he do What he do what he do what he does

He better take it easy with her,
or you'll lose the pool. - The Five Pennies

He better take it easy with her, or you'll lose the poo...

Take it easy.
She's out of her mind. - The Five Pennies

Take it easy. She's out of her mind.

Easy She's out of her mind - The Five Pennies

Easy She's out of her mind

We've got it beat honey What do they call it - The Five Pennies

We've got it beat honey What do they call it

Does she really look like me - The Five Pennies

Does she really look like me

Does she really
look like me? - The Five Pennies

Does she really look like me?

How are you Did you see the baby - The Five Pennies

How are you Did you see the baby

Have I told you
how wonderful you are? - The Five Pennies

Have I told you how wonderful you are?

So you can hear the rhythm of the ripples - The Five Pennies

So you can hear the rhythm of the ripples

How do you like this?
With all this rocket now she's asleep. - The Five Pennies

How do you like this? With all this rocket now she's as...

I'm sorry, baby. - The Five Pennies

I'm sorry, baby.

Come on Aren't we pals - The Five Pennies

Come on Aren't we pals

Whither thou goest, I goest.
Till death do us part. - The Five Pennies

Whither thou goest, I goest. Till death do us part.

Madam, may I have this dance, please? - The Five Pennies

Madam, may I have this dance, please?

-You fooled me.
-No, I didn't. - The Five Pennies

-You fooled me. -No, I didn't.

Hey remember me - The Five Pennies

Hey remember me

Are you gonna sleep now? - The Five Pennies

Are you gonna sleep now?

I can play poker. - The Five Pennies

I can play poker.

Thanks. - The Five Pennies

In spite of any sorrow - The Five Pennies

In spite of any sorrow

Now comes the hard part baby - The Five Pennies

Now comes the hard part baby

Louis what about Brahms He laid no bombs - The Five Pennies

Louis what about Brahms He laid no bombs

There's Saint Saens Saint Saens c'est bon - The Five Pennies

There's Saint Saens Saint Saens c'est bon

I dig you Jacques I dig you Jacques - The Five Pennies

I dig you Jacques I dig you Jacques

How about Wagner - The Five Pennies

How about Wagner

-We've got to go now.
-Don't leave, folks. - The Five Pennies

-We've got to go now. -Don't leave, folks.

Your chops is percolating Yes it's percolating all right - The Five Pennies

Your chops is percolating Yes it's percolating all...

♪ Oh, when the saints go marching in ♪ - The Five Pennies

♪ Oh, when the saints go marching in ♪

I heard about the new contract you signed extending the tour - The Five Pennies

I heard about the new contract you signed extending the tour

Who says she's gotta go to bed when other kids go to bed - The Five Pennies

Who says she's gotta go to bed when other kids go to...

Tonight I sat up in the club - The Five Pennies

Tonight I sat up in the club

There's been a terrible storm
here in St. Louis - The Five Pennies

There's been a terrible storm here in St. Louis

I found an all-night hamburger joint
right on the corner. - The Five Pennies

I found an all-night hamburger joint right on the corner.

Isn't it funny?
You live with a man 7 or 8 years - The Five Pennies

Isn't it funny? You live with a man 7 or 8 years

You know,
I started out blaming you too. - The Five Pennies

You know, I started out blaming you too.

Hello, baby. - The Five Pennies

We can't do Schnitzelbank The last time we did Schnitzelbank - The Five Pennies

We can't do Schnitzelbank The last time we did...

♪ Schnitzelbank ♪ - The Five Pennies

♪ Schnitzelbank ♪

All of them Jimmy and Benny used to work in his band - The Five Pennies

All of them Jimmy and Benny used to work in his band

Oh I don't know You know my mother's 34 years old - The Five Pennies

Oh I don't know You know my mother's 34 years old

Where are you going? - The Five Pennies

Where are you going?

I've got some homework to do.
See you tomorrow, Dorothy. - The Five Pennies

I've got some homework to do. See you tomorrow, Dorothy...

Idiotville USA and The Brown Derby is the capital - The Five Pennies

Idiotville USA and The Brown Derby is the capital

Sure enough So long slaves - The Five Pennies

Sure enough So long slaves

It's a great future you and Tony figured out for me - The Five Pennies

It's a great future you and Tony figured out for me

Well what happened to the wonderful lunatic I married - The Five Pennies

Well what happened to the wonderful lunatic I married

I'm not gonna start all over again
like I was 18. - The Five Pennies

I'm not gonna start all over again like I was 18.

None of us here is young
as we used to be. - The Five Pennies

None of us here is young as we used to be.

Plays scales slowly - The Five Pennies

Plays scales slowly

Look at me 150 suits shoes from England - The Five Pennies

Look at me 150 suits shoes from England

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Danny Kaye cuts loose with his trademark musical clowning. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling-granite voice. Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun.

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Director: Melville Shavelson

Writer: Jack Rose, Melville Shavelson, Robert Smith

Production: Dena Productions

Genre: biography, drama, music

Year: 1959

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 01 Aug 1959

Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. 2 wins & 8 nominations total

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