The Crimson Canary - 1945 - 5/10
“And I’m telling you to lay off. You’re bad for him, you’re bad for the band, and you ain’t so hot a singer,”
Anita causes havoc within the jazz combo.
Not to worry, she soon winds up dead. And whom do we suspect?
Well, the group has five members.
The plot in this is as haphazard as the music. Almost all nonstop jazz, a minute of this, two minutes of that.
Coleman Hawkins does one number, Josh White two.
Cast are supporting team standouts, as well as amateurs.