Eager to impress his boss, musician Private Willie Little (Robert Wagner) presents Marine Corps Band composer John Philip Sousa (Clifton Webb) with a rejiggered instrument he's dubbed the "sousaphone." When the composer exits the Corps, Little joins Sousa's new band.
Sousa wants to play more than just his famed marches, and Little is preoccupied by his performer girlfriend, but when the Spanish-American War starts, both men concentrate on giving all they can to the war effort.
Director: | Henry Koster |
Producer(s): | Lamar Trotti |
Cast: | Roy Roberts, Tom Browne Henry, Robert Wagner, Richard Garrick, Finlay Currie, Lester Matthews, Clifton Webb, Debra Paget, Ruth Hussey, Roy Gordon, Benay Venuta, Maudie Prickett, Erno Verebes, Romo Vincent |
Writer(s): | Lamar Trotti |