Young Man with a Horn
“Put down your trumpet, jazzman. I'm in the mood for love!”
1950 · 1 h 52 min
Directed by 
Michael Curtiz
Michael CurtizCast
Cast not recorded here
Plot
A young orphan becomes a great jazz trumpeter but struggles with love and success.
Sinekatalog’s take
Michael Curtiz's drama, with Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall and Doris Day, is loosely based on Bix Beiderbecke, and has Harry James playing the trumpet.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (4,314 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.