A loose fictitious of Charlie Parker's last years and a portrait of the jazz scene in 1960's New York. A black jazz musician bent on self destruction forms an odd friendship with a white college professor full of feeling sorry for himself.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Film Three Productions Inc.
Keywords
- new york city
- jazz
- heroin
- biography
- based on true story
- interracial relationship
- african american
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Top Cast
Dick Gregory as Richie 'Eagle' Stokes
Robert Hooks as Keel Robinson
Don Murray as David Hillary
Diane Varsi as
Jeri Archer as Candy
Carla Pinza as
Barbara Davis as Girl in bar
Top Crew
Herbert Danska · Director, Writer
Lewis Jacobs · Writer
John A. Williams · Novel
Gerald Kleppel · Editor
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