Face the Music 1954
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!
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!
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Full Cast & Crew... James Bradley
... Barbara Quigley
... Maxie Margulies
... Johnny Sutherland
... Maurie Green
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Ann Hanslip... Maxine Halbard
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See All 1 Reviews26 May 2023 by CinemaSerf
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 embroiled in the killing of a singer. Trying to convince "Insp. MacKenzie" (Fred Johnson) of his innocence he determines to investigate the crime himself - and he quickly discovers that there is no shortage of suspects nor motives as we are exposed to some of the less savoury aspects of the music business. It's ending smacks more of "Poirot" as we end up with everyone in a room facing our sleuth who goes through them all one-by-one. If you like a good jazz trumpet soundtrack to a film, then you will certainly get more from this, otherwise it's a bit too long and it was pretty easy to guess whodunit early on.
Release Date:
Jan 29, 1954 (United Kingdom)
Run Time:
1hr 24`
MMPA Rating:
NR
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Status:
Released
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Face the Music
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 embroiled in the killing of a singer. Trying to convince "Insp. MacKenzie" (Fred Johnson) of his innocence he determines to investigate the crime himself - and he quickly discovers that there is no shortage of suspects nor motives as we are exposed to some of the less savoury aspects of the music business. It's ending smacks more of "Poirot" as we end up with everyone in a room facing our sleuth who goes through them all one-by-one. If you like a good jazz trumpet soundtrack to a film, then you will certainly get more from this, otherwise it's a bit too long and it was pretty easy to guess whodunit early on.
Cast & Crew of
Face the Music
Directors & Credit Writers
Cast
... James Bradley
... Barbara Quigley
... Maxie Margulies
... Johnny Sutherland
... Maurie Green
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Ann Hanslip... Maxine Halbard
... Det. Sgt. MacKenzie
... Insp. Mulrooney
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Arthur Lane... Jeff Colt
PB
Paula Byrne... Gloria Lewis Colt
LP
Leo Phillips... Dresser
... Stage manager
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Frank Birch... Trumpet Salesman
... Recording Technician
JC
James Carney... Barman Mickey
... Hotel Bellhop
Produced By
... Producer
... Production Manager