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Directed by

John Cassavetes

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Ben Carruthers
Ben

Lelia Goldoni
Lelia

Hugh Hurd
Hugh

Anthony Ray
Tony

Tom Reese
Tom

Rupert Crosse
Rupert

Cliff Carnell

Joyce Miles
Girl in Restaurant

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11 years, 3 months ago at Jun 3 23:19

Jamii

"Yksinkertainen mutta vallankumouksellinen independent-elokuvan maihinnousu, joka vielä tänäkin päivänä tuntuu uudelta ja tuoreelta improvisoivien näyttelijöiden ja tylyn kuvaustyylinsä vuoksi."

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The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.

Release date: 14 October 1960
UPC: 013023002999

Tags: 1950s (8), Racism (5), 1959 (5), Improvisation (5), Drama (4), Dance (4), Jazz (4), Usa (4), Race (4), Nightclub (3), Brother Sister Relationship (2), Virginity (2), New York City (2), Virgin (2), Party (2), 1958 (2), Race Relations (2), Young Love (2), Frustration (2), Sculpture (2)

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