Main Cast: Frank Sinatra, Shelley Winters, Raymond Burr, Tommy Farrell
Country: US
Plot
Some observers have suggested that Meet Danny Wilson could just as well have been titled Meet Frank Sinatra. A star vehicle if ever there was one, the film casts Sinatra as Danny, a would-be singer, playing cheap saloons while waiting for the Big Break. Danny and his buddy Mike Ryan (Alex Nicol) find the going rough until they're befriended by nightclub chirp Joy Carroll (Shelley Winters), who gets them a job in a nightspot run by crooked Nick Driscoll (Raymond Burr). Danny scores a hit, whereupon Driscoll demands 50% of his salary in perpetuity, leading to a violent climactic confrontation. Meanwhile, Danny romantically pursues Joy, who seems more interested in Mike. Meet Danny Wilson proves beyond doubt that Frank Sinatra was capable of delivering a solid dramatic performance long before his "breakthrough" role in From Here to Eternity. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Bernard Herzbrun - Art Director, Nathan Juran - Art Director, Don McGuire - Associate Producer, Harold Belfer - Choreography, Bill Thomas - Costume Designer, Joseph Pevney - Director, Virgil Vogel - Editor, Joseph E. Gershenson - Musical Direction/Supervision, Bud Westmore - Makeup, Maury Gertsman - Cinematographer, Leonard Goldstein - Producer, Russell A. Gausman - Set Designer, Julia Heron - Set Designer, David S. Horsley - Special Effects, Don McGuire - Screenwriter
