The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.

Danny Kaye
as Hobart Frisbee

Virginia Mayo
as Honey Swanson

Benny Goodman
as Professor Magenbruch

Tommy Dorsey
as Tommy Dorsey

Louis Armstrong
as Louis Armstrong

Lionel Hampton
as Lionel Hampton

Charlie Barnet
as Charlie Barnet

Mel Powell
as Mel Powell

Ford Washington Lee
as Buck

John 'Bubbles' Sublett
as Bubbles
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After two minutes you will spot the obvious similarity with "Ball of Fire" (1941). Swap Gary Cooper with Danny Kaye and Barbara Stanwyck with Virginia Mayo then add some fantastic musicianship from the likes of Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, Sonny Burke et al, and we have a gently amu...