Ike Jones

Golden Globe® nominee Sammy Davis Jr. headlines a star-studded cast including Louis Armstrong, Emmy® winner Ossie Davis, Academy Award® nominee Cicely Tyson, Mel Torme and Frank Sinatra Jr. in this powerful drama about a jazz musician who "has it all” – love, friendship and fame – but whose tormented past threatens to destroy him and his career.

When young Christy Mathewson Cooper secures a job as a batboy with a team called the Bisons, he amazes players and management by delivering tips on how to win games. The big secret is that Christy is merely the mouthpiece for his father, former big-league ballplayer Larry Cooper, whose run of bad luck has forced him to hawk peanuts at the ballpark. Impressed by Christy's apparent expertise, the Bisons' owner, always on the lookout for a new publicity gimmick, promptly appoints the pint-sized Christy as manager of the team.

Sammy Davis Jr. headlines a star-studded cast including Louis Armstrong, Ossie Davis, Cicely Tyson, Mel Torme and Frank Sinatra Jr. in this powerful drama about a jazz musician who "has it all" - love, friendship and fame - but whose tormented past threatens to destroy him and his career.

Golden Globe nominee Sammy Davis Jr. headlines a star-studded cast including Louis Armstrong, Emmy winner Ossie Davis, Academy Award nominee Cicely Tyson, Mel Torme and Frank Sinatra Jr. in this powerful drama about a jazz musician who 'has it all' - love, friendship and fame - but whose tormented past threatens to destroy him and his career.