Face the Music

A famed trumpet player is suspected of murdering a blues singer. Using only two minor clues, he narrows the suspects to four people, but only after surviving poison placed on the mouthpiece of his trumpet!

Genre : CrimeThriller

Runtime : 84 mins

Release Date : 1954-01-29

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Kenny Baker's trumpet playing does most of the heavy lifting here in this otherwise rather long and daft crime drama. An enthusiastic Alex Nicol ("Bradley") is the box-office "star" brought over to augment this story of a newly-arrived, acclaimed, trumpeter who finds himself jet-lagged and embroile...

Cast

Alex Nicol

(James Bradley)

Eleanor Summerfield

(Barbara Quigley)

John Salew

(Maxie Margulies)

Paul Carpenter

(Johnny Sutherland)

Geoffrey Keen

(Maurie Green)

Ann Hanslip

(Maxine Halbard)

Fred Johnson

(Det. Sgt. MacKenzie)

Martin Boddey

(Insp. Mulrooney)

Arthur Lane

(Jeff Colt)

Paula Byrne

(Gloria Lewis Colt)

Leo Phillips

(Dresser)

Freddie Tripp

(Stage manager)

Frank Birch

(Trumpet Salesman)

Jeremy Hawk

(Recording Technician)

James Carney

(Barman Mickey)

Melvyn Hayes

(Hotel Bellhop)