The Connection (1962)

  • NR
  • 10/03/1962 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 50m

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.

Jack Gelber

Writer

Shirley Clarke

Director

Cast

Warren Finnerty's headshot

Warren Finnerty

Leach
Jerome Raphael's headshot

Jerome Raphael

Solly
Garry Goodrow's headshot

Garry Goodrow

Ernie
Carl Lee's headshot

Carl Lee

Cowboy
Barbara Winchester's headshot

Barbara Winchester

Sister Salvation
Henry Proach's headshot

Henry Proach

Harry
Roscoe Lee Browne's headshot

Roscoe Lee Browne

J. J. Burden (as Roscoe Brown)
William Redfield's headshot

William Redfield

Jim Dunn

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