Robert Banas

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

Danny Kaye cuts loose with his trademark musical clowning. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling-granite voice. Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun.

A frustrated big-band promoter bumps into rock-and-rollers Bill Haley and the Comets.