"A loose fictitious of Charlie Parker's last years and a portrait of the jazz scene in 1960's New York. A black jazz musician bent on self destruction forms an odd friendship with a white college professor full of feeling sorry for himself."
Dick Gregory
as Richie 'Eagle' Stokes
Robert Hooks
as Keel Robinson
Don Murray
as David Hillary
Diane Varsi
as
Jeri Archer
as Candy
Osborne Smith
Carla Pinza
Barbara Davis
as Girl in bar
Florette Carter
Bruce Glover
Woodie King Jr.
Leonard Parker
John Randolph
George Wiltshire
Herbert Danska
Director
Lewis Jacobs
Writer
Mal Waldron
Music
John A. Williams
Novel
Gerald Kleppel
Editor
Victor Solow
Cinematography