Film
Swing High, Swing Low
United States- Age rating
- NR
- Director
- Mitchell Leisen
- Year
- 1937
Fred blows a hot trumpet but he's cold in love!
In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. The two become involved in a nightclub brawl which causes Maggie to miss her ship back to the States. Now stranded, she's forced to move in with Skid and his pal Harry. She soon falls in love with Skid. Skid gets a job playing the trumpet at a local club and becomes a big success. Fame and fortune go to his head which eventually destroys his relationship with Maggie and his career.
Top cast
Carole Lombard
Maggie King
Fred MacMurray
Skid Johnson
Charles Butterworth
Harry
Jean Dixon
Ella
Dorothy Lamour
Anita Alvarez
Harvey Stephens
Harvey Howell
Cecil Cunningham
Murphy
Charles Arnt
Georgie
Franklin Pangborn
Henri
Anthony Quinn
The Don
Charles Judels
Tony
Lee Bowman
El Greco Patron (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Tony's Italian Friend (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Purser (uncredited)
Directed by
Mitchell Leisen
Written by
Virginia Van Upp, Oscar Hammerstein II
