Sweet Love, Bitter

Jan 30, 1967

1h 32m

★ 4.9

It's Like It Really Is, Baby!

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Music

Production Companies

Film Three Productions Inc.

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Cast

Richie 'Eagle' Stokes

Dick Gregory

Keel Robinson

Robert Hooks

David Hillary

Don Murray

Diane Varsi

Candy

Jeri Archer

Osborne Smith

Carla Pinza

Girl in bar

Barbara Davis

Florette Carter

Bruce Glover

Woodie King Jr.

Leonard Parker

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