The Gene Krupa Story

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The Gene Krupa Story
Directed by Don Weis
Produced by Philip A. Waxman
Written by Orin Jannings
Starring Sal Mineo
Susan Kohner
James Darren
Susan Oliver
Music by Leith Stevens
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) 1959
Running time 1 hr 41 min
Country USA
Language English
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The Gene Krupa Story is a 1959 biopic of American drummer and bandleader Gene Krupa. The conflict in the film centers around Krupa's rise to success and his corresponding use of marijuana.

  • In the United Kingdom, the title of the film was Drum Crazy.
  • Krupa himself played the drums on the soundtrack for the film, and for the sequences in which Mineo, as Krupa, plays the drums. [1]

  • "Reefers huh? So that's what they look like."
  • "Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a town I'd better get out of."
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