The Connection (1961)

05/03/1961 (US) • 1h 50m

Drama

Men Held Captive By the Power Of Drugs

Overview

A title card announces that the film is a result of found footage assembled by cameraman J.J. Burden working for the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jim Dunn, who has disappeared. Leach, a heroin addict, introduces the audience to his apartment where other heroin addicts, a mix of current and former jazz musicians, are waiting for Cowboy, their drug connection, to appear. Things go out of control as the men grow increasingly nervous and the cameraman keeps recording.

Top Billed Cast

Carl Lee

Cowboy

Barbara Winchester

Sister Salvation

Roscoe Lee Browne

J. J. Burden (as Roscoe Brown)

Freddie Redd

Piano Player


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$167.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

new york city

heroin

drug addiction

mockumentary

loft

fake documentary

woman director

pseudo-documentary

the living theatre

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