"He hammered out the savage tempo of the jazz era"
The Gene Krupa Story
NR 1 hr 41 minDec 1st, 1959Drama, Music

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Released December 1st, 1959, 'The Gene Krupa Story' stars Sal Mineo, Susan Kohner, James Darren, Susan Oliver The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 41 min, and received a user score of 70 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 6 experienced users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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 Genes father dies he promises to enter the priesthood He soon realizes that he doesnt belong there and leaves to join his friend Eddies band Ethel Eddies 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 Genes lifestyle leaves him Gene soon hits rock bottom where he has to face reality and choose where to take his life" .

'The Gene Krupa Story' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on December 1st, 1959
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting May 18th, 2004 - Buy The Gene Krupa Story DVD