Rotten
Within its snappy, flashy veneer is an undernourished romantic drama of a rather traditional screen school.
Variety Staff, Variety
Paris Blues
A love-spectacular so personally exciting, you feel it's happening to you!
1961 · 1h 38m · APPROVED
Drama, Music, Romance
Directed by
Martin Ritt
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Paris Blues
Overview
During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and love.
Director and cast
- Martin Ritt Director
- Paul Newman as Ram Bowen
- Joanne Woodward as Lillian Corning
- Sidney Poitier as Eddie Cook
- Diahann Carroll as Connie Lampson
- Louis Armstrong as Wild Man Moore
- Barbara Laage as Marie Séoul
- André Luguet as René Bernard
- Marie Versini as Nicole
- Serge Reggiani as Michel 'Gypsy' Devigne
- Moustache as Mustachio
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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Rotten
All it lacks is something to pull these parts into a sensible whole.
TIME Magazine
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