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The Connection

The Connection

1959
Drama

A professional recording of the official play. The play has a play-within-a-play format, with characters Jim Dunn as the "producer" and Jaybird as the "writer" attempting to stage a production about the underbelly of society using "real" addicts. Some of the addicts are jazz musicians. They all (except for the "producer", "writer", and two "photographers") have one thing in common: they are waiting for their drug dealer, their "connection". The dialogue of the characters is interspersed with jazz music.

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EN

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Cast

Leonard Hicks

Jim Dunn

Ira Lewis

Jaybird

Warren Finnerty

Warren Finnerty

Leach

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