Paris Blues (1961)
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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
Complete Cast:
- Paul Newman - Ram Bowen
- Sidney Poitier - Eddie Cook
- Diahann Carroll - Connie Lampson
- Barbara Laage - Marie Seoul
- Marie Versini - Nicole
- Aaron Bridgers - Pianist
- Roger Blin - Gypsy Guitarist
- Niko - Ricardo
- Joanne Woodward - Lillian Corning
- Louis Armstrong - Wild Man Moore
- Serge Reggiani - Michel Duvigne
- André Luguet - Rene Bernard
- Moustache - Drummer
- Guy Pederson - Bass Player
- Hélene Dieudonné - the Pusher
- Maria Velasco - Pianist
- Director(s):
- Martin Ritt
- Writer(s):
- Jack Sher, Lulla Adler, Walter Bernstein
- Producer(s):
- Sam Shaw
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