Swingin' Along (1961)
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An amateur tunesmith and a con man pool their resources in order to win first prize in a songwriting contest.
- Date of release
- 1961-04-16
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Charles Barton
Casting
- Tommy Noonan — Freddy
- Peter Marshall — Duke
- Barbara Eden — Carol Walker
- Ray Charles — Self
- Roger Williams — Self
- Bobby Vee — Self
- Connie Gilchrist — Aunt Sophie
- Carol Christensen — Ginny
- Alan Carney — Officer Sullivan
- Mike Mazurki — Bookie
- Tommy Farrell — Georgie
- Lennie Bremen — Self
Interesting facts
Swingin' Along is a 1961 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton. The film, which was released by 20th Century Fox, marked the final appearance of the comedy team of Tommy Noonan and Peter Marshall. The film focuses on Noonan as a courier who dreams of becoming a songwriter and Marshall as a con artist who wants to enter Noonan's original composition in a music competition. The film co-stars Barbara Eden and features musical performances by Ray Charles, Bobby Vee and Roger Williams.
Production
The film was developed by Robert Lippert. Then Buddy Adler took it off Lippert's slate and made it a main Fox production. It was filmed for $800,000.
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