A Little Jazz

"A Little Jazz" is a humbling of the arrogance & stupidity that go hand & hand with status & conceit.

White Rook must shelter & protect a group of jazz musicians after their escorts are killed by Germans.

James Menzies wrote an excellent screenplay about a group of jazz musicians led by Bernie Wallace (excellently played by Dan Duryea.) Duryea is outstanding; the viewing audience will hate him. Conflict and dialog between The Sarge & Wallace are priceless. Vic Morrow plays a strong lead having to deal with both a seemingly impossible situation and wise guy Wallace. Overall, there's good character development amongst White Rook & the musicians.

Michael Caffey did a fine directing job; combat scenes are graphic and close-ups at key moments tell the story without words.

I saw "A Little Jazz" when it first aired in 1967 and it kept my attention very well. I remembered being bummed out for 3 days after the airing because the most decent & humble of the group reaps great misfortune. I did however enjoy the reality of the story, exactly what I would expect in the face of pride & arrogance.