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Shadows
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.
1960 · Directed by John Cassavetes · 87 min · Drama · 9 frames
Tagline
A film not to be missed.
Crew
- Written by: John Cassavetes
- Cinematography: Erich Kollmar
- Edited by: John Cassavetes, Maurice McEndree
- Music: Charles Mingus
- Production design: Randy Liles, Bob Reeh
- Produced by: Maurice McEndree, Nikos Papatakis
Cast
- Ben Carruthers as Ben
- Lelia Goldoni as Lelia
- Hugh Hurd as Hugh
- Anthony Ray as Tony
- Dennis Sallas as Dennis
- Tom Reese as Tom
- David Pokitillow as David
- Rupert Crosse as Rupert
- Davey Jones as Davey
- Pir Marini as Pir the Piano Player
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Lion International
- Themes: jazz, passing for white
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