The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes
Overview
The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes is a 1964 short film directed by Robert Clouse. In Storyville, New Orleans, jazz trumpeter Jimmy Blue Eyes is occupied by a series of high-stakes games. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- Robert Clouse
- Producers
- Robert Clouse
- Cinematography
- John A. Alonzo
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CinemaSerf
January 7, 2026
If you’ve heard The Charlie Daniels Band’s “Devil Went Down to Georgia” then you will be familiar with the plot. A none-too-perfect man and accomplished trumpeter “Jimmy” (Garland Thompson) is challenged to a contest by the devil himself (Donald Elson). Of course, nobody expects that “Jimmy” has a snowball’s chance in his foe’s fiery dominion, but in this smoky joint he accepts the wager - so let battle commence. The narration is delivered poetically, and some of that rhyming mixes menace, fanta…