Drama
The Connection
"Men Held Captive By the Power Of Drugs"
6.3/ 10
February 15, 1962
1h 50m
Available on:
Criterion ChannelOverview
A title card announces that the film is a result of found footage assembled by cameraman J.J. Burden working for the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jim Dunn, who has disappeared. Leach, a heroin addict, introduces the audience to his apartment where other heroin addicts, a mix of current and former jazz musicians, are waiting for Cowboy, their drug connection, to appear. Things go out of control as the men grow increasingly nervous and the cameraman keeps recording.
Director: Shirley Clarke
Cast
Warren Finnerty
Leach
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Jerome Raphael
Solly
Garry Goodrow
Ernie
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Carl Lee
Cowboy
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Barbara Winchester
Sister Salvation
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Henry Proach
Harry
Roscoe Lee Browne
J. J. Burden (as Roscoe Brown)
William Redfield
Jim Dunn
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Freddie Redd
Piano Player
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Jackie McLean
Sax Player
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