The Gene Krupa Story
Biopic of famous jazz drummer, Gene Krupa, who becomes a sensation but cannot handle success and life in the fast lane and ends-up broke, struggling with drugs and alcohol.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Released
- 1959
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1959
Storyline
Biopic of famous jazz drummer, Gene Krupa, who becomes a sensation but cannot handle success and life in the fast lane and ends-up broke, struggling with drugs and alcohol.
Top credits
Sal Mineo ā Gene Krupa
Susan Kohner ā Ethel Maguire
James Darren ā Eddie Sirota
Susan Oliver ā Dorissa Dinell
Did you know
ā¢ When the film opened in Krupa's hometown of Chicago at the Schiller Theatre on January 15, 1960 both Gene Krupa and Sal Mineo were on hand to greet the public and sign "fan fotos."
ā¢ Gene Krupa, himself, played the drums on the soundtrack for the film, and in all of the sequences throughout the film in which Sal Mineo, as Gene Krupa, played the drums.
ā¢ Sal Mineo (Gene) and Susan Kohner (Ethel), previously appeared together in "Dino" (1957).
User reviews
Great Mineo portrayal
Bang The Drum Briskly
Gene Krupa recast as Sputnik Teen Idol.
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
