The Gene Krupa Story

The film tells the life of the drummer Gene Krupa. Since his youth all Gene wants is to play the drums. His family is against it. They want him to enter the priesthood. When his father dies Gene gives his word. He begins his training for the church. He soon sees that he does not belong there. He leaves and joins the band of his friend Eddie. Ethel, Eddie’s girlfriend, urges him toward New York. The three of them go to the city. Gene starts to make a name. Something begins between him and Ethel. Fame speeds his life up. Drink and drugs come into it. Ethel will not accept that life and leaves. When Gene hits bottom he has to make a decision. Sal Mineo and Susan Kohner appear in the one hundred one minute film, an American production Don Weis finished in 1959.