TMDb Rating
6.4/10
27 verified votes
The Connection (1962)
Drama
110 min
"Men Held Captive By the Power Of Drugs"
Plot Summary
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.
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DramaShirley ClarkeWarren FinnertyJerome Raphael1962
Director
Shirley Clarke
Top Cast
Warren FinnertyJerome RaphaelGarry GoodrowCarl LeeBarbara Winchester
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