Synopsis
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Irma von CubeScreenplay
- Archie MayoDirector
- John Howard LawsonScreenplay
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jascha HeifetzHimself
- Joel McCreaPeter McCarthy
- Andrea LeedsAnn Lawson
- Gene ReynoldsFrankie
- Walter BrennanProfessor Lawson
- Terry KilburnLimey
- Tommy KellyWillie
- Porter HallMr. Flower
- Walter TetleyRocks Mulligan
- Chuck StubbsFever
- Gale SherwoodBetty
- Alfred NewmanMusical Director
Stills
Themes
concertslumviolingreat depressionpovertyorphanmusic school