Main Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier, Louis Armstrong, Diahann Carroll
Release Year: 1961
Country: US
Run Time: 100 minutes
Plot
The second film of director Martin Ritt with both Paul Newmanand Sidney Poitier, it's set in a city that has long been a haven for black musicians eager to escape the racism of the U.S. Newman is Ram Bowen, a trombone player who makes his living in a jazz group, which also includes tenor man Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier), while studying music and aspiring to a career as a "serious" composer. Eddie stays in Paris to bask in the respect that its people feel for his music, a respect rarely accorded him in the States. A pair of tourists, Connie Lampson (Diahann Carroll) and Lillian Corning (Joanne Woodward) arrive in the city for a two-week vacation, and the two musicians lose no time in hooking up. Soon both relationships take a serious turn and the musicians are forced to make some important decisions about the possibility of returning to their native soil. ~ Michael Costello, All Movie Guide
Serge Reggiani - Michel Duvigne; Barbara Laage - Marie Seoul; André Luguet - Rene Bernard; Marie Versini - Nicole; Moustache - Drummer; Aaron Bridgers - Pianist; Guy Pederson - Bass Player; Roger Blin - Gypsy Guitarist; Hélene Dieudonné - the Pusher; Niko - Ricardo; Maria Velasco - Pianist
Credit
Alexandre Trauner - Art Director, Martin Ritt - Director, Roger Dwyre - Editor, George Glass - Executive Producer, Walter Seltzer - Executive Producer, Duke Ellington - Composer (Music Score), Christian Matras - Cinematographer, Sam Shaw - Producer, Walter Bernstein - Screenwriter, Jack Sher - Screenwriter, Irene Kamp - Screenwriter, Lulla Adler - Screenwriter, Harold Flender - Book Author
