Blues in the Night
A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and love affairs, as they try to stay together and find musical success.
Young Man with a Horn
Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands, whilst also coping with the problems caused by his tempestuous marriage to an aloof heiress.
Devil in a Blue Dress
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.
The Exile
An idealistic young man is torn between a sultry Chicago nightclub owner and a Scottish South Dakotan farmgirl.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.
Motherless Brooklyn
New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.
Le Samouraï
After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.
Shoot the Piano Player
Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and ask for Charlie's help while on the run from gangsters they have scammed, he aids their escape. Soon Charlie and Lena, a waitress at the same bar, face trouble when the gangsters arrive, looking for his brothers.
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Anatole Litvak
Director
William Hopper
as
Billiard Player
Joyce Compton
as
Blonde
Anthony Warde
as
Del's Henchman #1
Jack Carson
as
Leo Powell
Michael Curtiz
Director
Bill Walker
as
Black Minister
Nestor Paiva
as
Louis Galba
Paul Brinegar
as
Stage Manager
Carl Franklin
Director
Nigel Gibbs
as
Bootlegger
Denzel Washington
as
Ezekiel 'Easy' Rawlins
L. Scott Caldwell
as
Hattie May Parsons
Barry Shabaka Henley
as
Woodcutter
Bharat Nalluri
Director
Amy Adams
as
Delysia
Shirley Henderson
as
Edythe
Ciarán Hinds
as
Joe
Lee Pace
as
Michael
Edward Norton
Director
Bruce Willis
as
Frank Minna
Leslie Mann
as
Julia Minna
Willem Dafoe
as
Paul
Carlo Nell
as
2ème inspecteur
Nathalie Delon
as
Jane Lagrange
Alain Delon
as
Jef Costello
François Truffaut
Director
Michèle Mercier
as
Clarisse
Marie Dubois
as
Léna
Catherine Lutz
as
Mammy
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