Young Man with a Horn Poster

Young Man with a Horn (1950)

NR 03/01/1950 Drama, Music, Romance 1h 52m
63%
User
Score
7.2/10
69/100

Put down your trumpet, jazzman. I'm in the mood for love!

Overview

Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands, whilst also coping with the problems caused by his tempestuous marriage to an aloof heiress.

Edmund H. North

Writer

Michael Curtiz

Director

Carl Foreman

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas

Rick Martin

Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall

Amy North

Doris Day

Doris Day

Jo Jordan

Hoagy Carmichael

Hoagy Carmichael

Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby

Juano Hernández

Juano Hernández

Art Hazzard

Jerome Cowan

Jerome Cowan

Phil Morrison

Mary Beth Hughes

Mary Beth Hughes

Marge Martin

Nestor Paiva

Nestor Paiva

Louis Galba

Orley Lindgren

Orley Lindgren

Young Rick

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Media

Young Man With a Horn - Trailer

Young Man With a Horn - Trailer

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on January 21, 2019

This trumpet is part of me, the best part!

Young Man With A Horn is inspired by the sad life of jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke, a sad life because Bix would succumb to alcoholism and pass away at the age of 28.

Rick Martin (Kirk Douglas) is the fictional character of the piece, the film is told in flashbacks of Martin's life through the nostalgic reminiscence of pianist Smoke Willoughby (Hoagy Carmichael).

Young Man With A Horn is very much a film of three parts, the first half firmly establishes Rick's love of music from an early age, his tutelage under mentor Art Hazzard (Juan Hernandez) is fully formed and completely fleshes out Rick's character. We are then privy to the middle part of his life as he forms a bond with Smoke and band singer Jo Jordon (an ebullient and charming Do...

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