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Shadows(1960)
Status: Released
Date: 1960-10-14
69%
264 Votes
Time: 1h 27m
A film not to be missed.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Lion International
Movie: Shadows
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ben Carruthers
Ben
Lelia Goldoni
Lelia
Hugh Hurd
Hugh
Anthony Ray
Tony
Tom Reese
Tom
Rupert Crosse
Rupert
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Shadows (1959) - trailer
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