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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents

The Strip

directed by László Kardos

“M-G-M's musical melodrama of the Dancer and the Drummer!”

19511h 25mNRCrime

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents

The Strip

directed by László Kardos

“M-G-M's musical melodrama of the Dancer and the Drummer!”

19511h 25mNRCrime

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§ Synopsis

Crime · Drama · Music

Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own jazz club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of her murder.

§ Keywords

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drums jazz singer or musician film noir murder investigation nightclub owner told in flashback jazz band cabaret dancer nightclub performer femicide accused of murder hollywood hills musical acts accidental shooting jazz dancer aspiring actress gun death drummer hollywood strip

§ Crew

behind the camera

Director

László Kardos

Writer

Cinematography

§ Cast

8 of 17

Mickey Rooney

as Stanley Maxton

Sally Forrest

as Jane Tafford

William Demarest

William Demarest

James Craig

as Delwyn 'Sonny' Johnson

Kay Brown

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Myrna Dell

as Paulette Ardrey

Vic Damone

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