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834:Irving Mills
786:Noble Sissle
717:Clark Gayton
675:David Murray
636:Harry Barris
605:Buster Moten
601:Bennie Moten
574:James Carter
514:James Carter
494:Lester Young
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191:$ 19 million
163:Running time
140:Release date
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1526:The Company
1486:Kansas City
1205:Kansas City
1194:Kansas City
1183:Kansas City
899:"Lafayette"
874:Milt Gabler
869:Walter Page
774:"Yeah, Man"
758:Craig Handy
746:Andy Gibson
612:Jesse Davis
592:Moten Swing
518:Ben Webster
498:Craig Handy
482:Hal Willner
394:Jay McShann
386:Count Basie
377:Roger Ebert
287:ward heeler
271:Jean Harlow
240:Kansas City
207:Kansas City
199:$ 1,356,329
167:116 minutes
59:Produced by
39:Directed by
22:Kansas City
1693:Jazz films
1638:1996 films
1632:Categories
1607:Tanner '88
1583:Television
1470:Short Cuts
1462:The Player
1085:Retrieved
1077:Metacritic
1026:2009-09-16
1003:References
721:Geri Allen
543:Soloist(s)
506:Geri Allen
420:Soundtrack
371:Metacritic
347:Jane Adams
246:of 1930s.
212:crime film
196:Box office
151:1996-08-16
114:Production
49:Written by
1414:Streamers
1366:A Wedding
1342:Nashville
1270:Countdown
1165:Billboard
990:Billboard
978:position
882:Don Byron
703:Joe Young
540:Writer(s)
361:Reception
122:Ciby 2000
103:Edited by
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183:English
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1618:(2004)
1610:(1988)
1602:(1985)
1594:(1964)
1575:(1957)
1556:(1987)
1537:(2006)
1529:(2003)
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1489:(1996)
1481:(1994)
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1449:(1987)
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1401:(1980)
1398:Popeye
1393:(1980)
1390:HealtH
1385:(1979)
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1369:(1978)
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1353:(1976)
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1329:(1974)
1321:(1973)
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1310:Images
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1265:(1957)
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508:plays
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188:Budget
958:63:07
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1188:IMDb
1111:2020
1089:2024
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