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Drama

Shadows

- A film not to be missed.

The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.

Release Date : 1960-10-14

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Lion International

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Ben Carruthers

Character Name : Ben

Original Name : Ben Carruthers

Gender : Male

Lelia Goldoni

Character Name : Lelia

Original Name : Lelia Goldoni

Gender : Female

Hugh Hurd

Character Name : Hugh

Original Name : Hugh Hurd

Gender : Male

Anthony Ray

Character Name : Tony

Original Name : Anthony Ray

Gender : Male

Dennis Sallas

Character Name : Dennis

Original Name : Dennis Sallas

Gender : Male

Tom Reese

Character Name : Tom

Original Name : Tom Reese

Gender : Male

David Pokitillow

Character Name : David

Original Name : David Pokitillow

Gender : Male

Rupert Crosse

Character Name : Rupert

Original Name : Rupert Crosse

Gender : Male

Davey Jones

Character Name : Davey

Original Name : Davey Jones

Gender : Male

Pir Marini

Character Name : Pir the Piano Player

Original Name : Pir Marini

Gender : Male

Victoria Vargas

Character Name : Vickie

Original Name : Victoria Vargas

Gender : Male

Jack Ackerman

Character Name : Jack

Original Name : Jack Ackerman

Gender : Male

Jacqueline Walcott

Character Name : Jacqueline

Original Name : Jacqueline Walcott

Gender : Male

Cliff Carnell

Character Name :

Original Name : Cliff Carnell

Gender : Male

Jay Crecco

Character Name :

Original Name : Jay Crecco

Gender : Male

Ronald Maccone

Character Name :

Original Name : Ronald Maccone

Gender : Male

Bob Reeh

Character Name :

Original Name : Bob Reeh

Gender : Male

Joyce Miles

Character Name : Girl in Restaurant

Original Name : Joyce Miles

Gender : Male

Nancy Deale

Character Name : Girl in Restaurant

Original Name : Nancy Deale

Gender : Male

Gigi Brooks

Character Name : Girl in Restaurant

Original Name : Gigi Brooks

Gender : Male

Lynn Hamilton

Character Name : Girl at Party

Original Name : Lynn Hamilton

Gender : Female

Marilyn Clark

Character Name : Girl at Party

Original Name : Marilyn Clark

Gender : Female

Joanne Sages

Character Name : Girl at Party

Original Name : Joanne Sages

Gender : Male

Jed McGarvey

Character Name : Girl at Party

Original Name : Jed McGarvey

Gender : Male

Greta Thyssen

Character Name : Girl at Party

Original Name : Greta Thyssen

Gender : Female

John Cassavetes

Character Name : Pedestrian (uncredited)

Original Name : John Cassavetes

Gender : Male

Seymour Cassel

Character Name : Al (uncredited)

Original Name : Seymour Cassel

Gender : Male

Arlene Corwin

Character Name : Girl at Party (uncredited)

Original Name : Arlene Corwin

Gender : Male

Bobby Darin

Character Name : Man at Rehearsal (uncredited)

Original Name : Bobby Darin

Gender : Male

Avalon Lee

Character Name : Girl at Party (uncredited)

Original Name : Avalon Lee

Gender : Male

Ellen Paulos

Character Name : Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Ellen Paulos

Gender : Male

Gena Rowlands

Character Name : Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)

Original Name : Gena Rowlands

Gender : Female

Lisa Seagram

Character Name : Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Lisa Seagram

Gender : Female

Jean Shepherd

Character Name : Man at Party (uncredited)

Original Name : Jean Shepherd

Gender : Male

Mel Stewart

Character Name : Man at Party (uncredited)

Original Name : Mel Stewart

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-02-19

On paper, this jazz-fuelled, experimental looking, observation of racial tensions within a small group of friends made for an interesting concept. The execution though, well I found that really quite messy. There's three siblings. "Benny" (Ben Carruthers); "Hugh" (Hugh Lord) and "Leila" (Leila Goldoni) with the sister having a far fairer skin tone than her brothers. "Benny" is a bit of a loose cannon, going with the flow in life; "Hugh" is a musician who is having a bit of a crisis of confidence that not even his supportive manager "Rupert" (Rupert Cross) can pull him from and finally there's the sister. She meets "Tony" (Anthony Ray) and falls completely for his charms. When he meets her brothers, however, there's an immediate sense of hostility. Not a violent one, especially, just one with pretty clear racial undertones that sets the scene for a drama to unfold in a meandering yet at times quite potent fashion. "Leila" finds herself caught up between her family and her lover and as the temperature gradually rises and the jazz accompaniment - trumpets particularly - gets more frenzied, this all encourages the dynamic of the story to become more turbulent and unsettling. So far, so good. It's just the acting. It's not very good nor is it very natural. There's a constant fluidity to the scenario that doesn't tally when "Leila" becomes smitten. It's never a plausible definite in this story of transience and movement, and way too much of the atmosphere here comes from the soundtrack - performances are almost incidental save for a few brawling scenes that seem to suggest that's mankind's solution to everything. It is innovative, I'd give it that, but John Cassavetes fails to invest his characters with any qualities that made me want to care, one way or the other, so i just didn't.