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Too Late Blues

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NR,1hr 40min
Genres:
Drama,Musical
Released:
November 7, 1961
Director:
John Cassavetes
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures
Starring:
Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens, Everett Chambers  ...more
Synopsis: After his pioneering independent film Shadows (1960), actor/writer/director John Cassavetes made his major studio directorial debut with this gritty, low-key drama about jazz musicians. Bobby Darin plays John "Ghost" Walefield, a pianist who scuffles from gig to gig with his band, trying to keep body and soul together without betraying his muse. Ghost's agent Benny (Everett Chambers) introduces him to Jess (Stella Stevens), a would-be singer who looks beautiful, even though her voice is fair at best. ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG Review
During the early years of his directing career, Cassavetes evinced a strong interest in jazz, and although this is one of his lesser films, it features interesting work by Bobby Darin, as well as a rare screen glimpse of the kind of scuffling endemic to most musicians in the idiom. The flimsy script, which invokes prostitution as a metaphor for the compromises an artist has to deal with in this cruel ... Full Review
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Bobby Darin
John "Ghost" Wakefield
Stella Stevens
Jess Polanski
Everett Chambers
Benny Flowers
Cliff Carnell
Charlie
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