Overview
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.
MovieMagicScore Overview
Auto-generatedJohn Cassavetes' 1960 drama follows three siblings navigating love, identity and belonging in New York, as a budding romance is thrown into crisis when assumptions about race collide with reality. A landmark of American independent cinema, it favors loose, improvisational energy, intimate performances and raw emotional truth over conventional plot. Its themes engage race, prejudice and the search for self amid a vibrant jazz-era milieu. The tone is restless, naturalistic and quietly piercing. It appeals to viewers drawn to pioneering indie filmmaking and character-driven realism. With a MagicMovieScore of 6.9, it endures as an influential, deeply human work.
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Top Cast
Ben Carruthers
Ben
Lelia Goldoni
Lelia
Hugh Hurd
Hugh
Anthony Ray
Tony
Dennis Sallas
Dennis
Tom Reese
Tom
David Pokitillow
David
Rupert Crosse
Rupert
263 ratings. The score is reasonably stable but could shift up to 0.13 as more ratings come in.
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Movie Info
Release Date
October 14, 1960
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
PG
Genres
Drama
Director