A Man Called Adam

Last bit of the artful credits then Sammy Davis Jr. in the title role, syncing neatly with Nat Adderly's recording, then singing the tune popularized by Brenda Lee, Kai Winding on trombone, before a clash with a customer, opening A Man Called Adam, 1966.

Troubled trumpeter Adam (Sammy Davis Jr.) at his New York pad after blowing off a Midwest gig, surprised to find Louis Armstrong and daughter Cicely Tyson waiting, forgetting he told pal Ossie Davis he could lend out the place, plus Lola Falana's first movie scene, early in A Man Called Adam, 1966.

Not the familiar tune from Chicago but an original by Benny Carter and Al Stillman, handily turned by Mel Torme at a Manhattan party, Frank Sinatra Jr. in the mix, Sammy Davis Jr. the title character and Louis Armstrong his musician-mentor friend, in A Man Called Adam, 1966.

Finally a scene with Peter Lawford as agent "Manny," heretofore much discussed, probably as gritty a part as he ever played, Michael Lipton as junior partner Bobby and Sammy Davis Jr. in the title role as a hard-luck big-time jazz trumpeter, in A Man Called Adam, 1966.