03 Dec 1999
Sweet and Lowdown
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Ben Carruthers Ben
Lelia Goldoni Lelia
Hugh Hurd Hugh
Dennis Sallas Dennis
Tom Reese Tom
David Pokitillow David
Rupert Crosse Rupert
Davey Jones Davey
Victoria Vargas Vickie
Jacqueline Walcott Jacqueline
Cliff Carnell 
Ronald Maccone Joyce Miles Girl in Restaurant
Nancy Deale Girl in Restaurant
Gigi Brooks Girl in Restaurant
Lynn Hamilton Girl at Party
Marilyn Clark Girl at Party
Joanne Sages Girl at Party
Jed McGarvey Girl at Party
Greta Thyssen Girl at Party
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