Directed by:
Martin RittCinematography:
Christian MatrasComposer:
Duke EllingtonCast:
Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier, Louis Armstrong, Diahann Carroll, Barbara Laage, André Luguet, Marie Versini, Serge Reggiani, Dominique Zardi (more)Plots(1)
In Paris Blues, Ram Bowen (Paul Newman) and Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier) are two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where, unlike America at the time, Jazz musicians are celebrated and racism is a non-issue. When they meet and fall in love with two young American girls, Lillian and Connie, who are vacationing in France, Ram and Eddie must decide whether they should move back to America with them, or stay in Paris for the freedom it allows them. Ram, who wants to be a serious composer, finds Paris more excit- ing than America and is reluctant to give up his music for a relationship, and Eddie wants to stay for the city's more tolerant racial atmosphere. (Kino Lorber)
(more)Cast
Paul Newman
USA
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Joanne Woodward
USA
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Sidney Poitier
USA
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Louis Armstrong
USA
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Diahann Carroll
USA
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Barbara Laage
France
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Paris Blues (1961)
André Luguet
France
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Marie Versini
France
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Serge Reggiani
Italy
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Dominique Zardi
France
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Hélène Dieudonné
France
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Moustache
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Charles Bouillaud
France
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René Hell
France
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Roger Blin
France
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Michel Dacquin
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André Tomasi
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Franck Maurice
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Michel Portal
France
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Paris Blues (1961)
Claude Rollet
France
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