Directed by:
John CassavetesScreenplay:
John CassavetesCinematography:
Erich KollmarCast:
Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, Hugh Hurd, Rupert Crosse, Greta Thyssen, John Cassavetes, Seymour Cassel, Jack Ackerman, Anthony Ray, Mel Stewart, Tom Reese (more)VOD (3)
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John Cassavetes’s directorial debut revolves around a romance in New York City between Lelia (Lelia Goldoni), a light- skinned black woman, and Tony (Anthony Ray), a white man. The relationship is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh (Hugh Hurd), and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was. Shot on location in Manhattan with a mostly nonprofessional cast and crew, Shadows is a penetrating work that is widely considered the forerunner of the American independent film movement. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Ben Carruthers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/792/161792959_f7100f.gif)
Ben Carruthers
USA
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Shadows (1958)
Lilith (1964)
Lelia Goldoni
USA
Best movies:
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Shadows (1958)
Hugh Hurd
USA
Best movies:
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Shadows (1958)
Mafioso (1962)
![Rupert Crosse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058455_6b280e.jpg)
Rupert Crosse
USA
Best movies:
Shadows (1958)
Marnie (1964)
Waterhole #3 (1967)
![Greta Thyssen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/204/160204228_0adce6.jpg)
Greta Thyssen
Denmark
Best movies:
Shadows (1958)
Bus Stop (1956)
Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
![John Cassavetes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/333/165333105_c2d012.jpg)
John Cassavetes
USA
Best movies:
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
![Seymour Cassel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/723/158723611_33fd48.jpg)
Seymour Cassel
USA
Best movies:
In the Soup (1992)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Faces (1968)
Jack Ackerman
USA
Best movies:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Shadows (1958)
Machine Gun McCain (1969)
Anthony Ray
USA
Best movies:
Men in War (1957)
Shadows (1958)
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
![Mel Stewart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/590/160590051_a075ac.jpg)
Mel Stewart
USA
Best movies:
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Let's Do It Again (1975)
Tom Reese
USA
Best movies:
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1968)
Vanishing Point (1971)
Shadows (1958)
![Lynn Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/367/161367996_4d3152.jpg)
Lynn Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Shadows (1958)
![Cliff Carnell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/378/161378791_46be4b.jpg)
Cliff Carnell
Best movies:
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Ronald Maccone
Best movies:
Casino (1995)
Goodfellas (1990)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Jean Shepherd
USA
Best movies:
Shadows (1958)
A Christmas Story (1983) - narrator
It Runs in the Family (1994) - narrator
![Gena Rowlands](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/196/169196952_wlnjxj.jpg)
Gena Rowlands
USA
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Night on Earth (1991)
The Notebook (2004)