The Connection
Men Held Captive By the Power Of Drugs
1961 · 1h 50m · NOT RATED
Drama
Directed by
Shirley Clarke
Overview
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 and cast
- Shirley Clarke Director
- Warren Finnerty as Leach
- Jerome Raphael as Solly
- Garry Goodrow as Ernie
- Jim Anderson as Sam
- Carl Lee as Cowboy
- Barbara Winchester as Sister Salvation
- Henry Proach as Harry
- Roscoe Lee Browne as J. J. Burden (as Roscoe Brown)
- William Redfield as Jim Dunn
- Freddie Redd as Piano Player
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