Realização:
Lee PhilipsArgumento:
James LeeCâmara:
Richard C. GlounerElenco:
Ben Vereen, Red Buttons, Margaret Avery, Janet MacLachlan, Karen Jensen, Stack Pierce, Bill Henderson, Lee de Broux, Richard X. Slattery, Jason Wingreen (mais)Sinopses(1)
In his TV dramatic debut, Ben Vereen stars as legendary jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong. The teleplay dramatizes a single incident in 1931, when Armstrong, still struggling for recognition, was playing a small Chicago bistro. Local gangsters catch Louis' act and offer him a huge salary increase to move to their nightspot, but our hero doesn't want to get anywhere near organized crime. Alas, Louis' white manager Red Cleveland (Red Buttons) is not above taking a bribe to frame Armstrong on a phony marijuana charge, thereby forcing the trumpeter into the hands of the Mob. But Louis emerges triumphant through the simple expedient of retreating to Europe, where superstardom is at last bestowed upon him. (texto oficial do distribuidor)
(mais)Elenco
Ben Vereen
USA
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Raízes (1977) (série)
All That Jazz: O Espectáculo Vai Começar (1979)
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![Red Buttons](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/368/164368509_aefb4e.jpg)
Red Buttons
USA
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![Margaret Avery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274203_aa1ecc.jpg)
Margaret Avery
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![Janet MacLachlan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/865/161865744_c968ec.jpg)
Janet MacLachlan
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...tick... tick... tick... (1970)
![Karen Jensen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/321/158321479_5341c9.jpg)
Karen Jensen
USA
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![Stack Pierce](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/151/159151854_62ad71.jpg)
Stack Pierce
USA
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![Bill Henderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/259/160259661_127885.gif)
Bill Henderson
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Lee de Broux
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![Richard X. Slattery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/343/160343083_2b58db.jpg)
Richard X. Slattery
USA
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![Jason Wingreen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/676/161676261_00df74.jpg)
Jason Wingreen
USA
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![Albert Paulsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/229/162229316_b7731c.jpg)
Albert Paulsen
Equador
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![Britt Leach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/339/162339037_137826.jpg)
Britt Leach
USA
Os melhores filmes:
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![J. Jay Saunders](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/828/162828354_d739f8.jpg)
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Rocky II (1979)
Wallace Rooney
USA
Os melhores filmes:
O Exorcista (1973)
Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style (1976) (filme de TV)
Jerry Fogel
USA
Os melhores filmes:
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O dia dos gafanhotos (1975)
Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style (1976) (filme de TV)