Movie

The Connection (1959)

• January 1, 1959

• Drama

Overview

A professional recording of the official play. The play has a play-within-a-play format, with characters Jim Dunn as the "producer" and Jaybird as the "writer" attempting to stage a production about the underbelly of society using "real" addicts. Some of the addicts are jazz musicians. They all (except for the "producer", "writer", and two "photographers") have one thing in common: they are waiting for their drug dealer, their "connection". The dialogue of the characters is interspersed with jazz music.

Director

Jack Gelber

Writers

Jack Gelber

Starring

Leonard Hicks, Ira Lewis, Warren Finnerty