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The Gene Krupa Story

1959-12-01 | Drama / Music
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The story of legendary jazz drummer, Gene Krupa. Since his youth, all Gene ever wanted to do is play the drums and make music. This is something his parents would not approve of- they want him to be a priest. When Gene's father dies he promises to enter the priesthood. He soon realizes that he doesn't belong there and leaves to join his friend, Eddie's band. Ethel, Eddie's girlfriend, convinces Gene to go to New York and make it big. The 3 of them head to New York. Here Ethel and Gene soon fall in love and Gene makes a name for himself. Gene starts to live in the fast lane, with drugs, alcohol, women and parties. Ethel, unhappy with Gene's lifestyle, leaves him. Gene soon "hits rock bottom" where he has to face reality and choose where to take his life.

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The certification of The Gene Krupa Story is NR.
The director of The Gene Krupa Story is Don Weis.
The full version of The Gene Krupa Story is provided by The Roku Channel
The casts of The Gene Krupa Story are Sal Mineo starring as Gene Krupa, Susan Kohner starring as Ethel Maguire, James Darren starring as Eddie Sirota, Susan Oliver starring as Dorissa Dinell, Yvonne Craig starring as Gloria Corregio, Lawrence Dobkin starring as Speaker Willis.
On March 19, 2024, the IMDB rating of The Gene Krupa Story is 6.7/10, Rotten Tomato rating is 0/100, Metacritic rating is 0/100, TMDB rating is 7.0/10.
On March 19, 2024, there were 4174 public reaction to The Gene Krupa Story including femme fatale, fluke, hothead, propulsive, extrovert.
The release date of The Gene Krupa Story is December 01, 1959.
The runtime of The Gene Krupa Story is 101 minutes.
The story of legendary jazz drummer, Gene Krupa. Since his youth, all Gene ever wanted to do is play the drums and make music. This is something his parents would not approve of- they want him to be a priest. When Gene's father dies he promises to enter the priesthood. He soon realizes that he doesn't belong there and leaves to join his friend, Eddie's band. Ethel, Eddie's girlfriend, convinces Gene to go to New York and make it big. The 3 of them head to New York. Here Ethel and Gene soon fall in love and Gene makes a name for himself. Gene starts to live in the fast lane, with drugs, alcohol, women and parties. Ethel, unhappy with Gene's lifestyle, leaves him. Gene soon "hits rock bottom" where he has to face reality and choose where to take his life..