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Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Substance Abuse Movie Release: 1961 DVD Release: 09/07/2004 Format: DVD - Black and White Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins Studio: Efor Films Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Drama, Docudrama, Message Movie, Addiction Drama, Urban Drama

Experimental director Shirley Clarke's first feature film is a no-compromise look at the dead-end world of drug addiction in Manhattan. Awaiting their next "connection", eight dopers sit in a bleak New York loft. The addicts agree to allow filmmaker William Redfield to shoot a documentary of their lifestyle--for a price. When their connection arrives, he suspects the filmmaker of being a narc and abruptly runs away. The film ends with Redfield agreeing to try some heroin himself in order to more thoroughly understand his "actors". While it appears totally improvised (especially a supposedly impromptu jam session with four musician junkies), The Connection was adapted from a play by Jack Gelber. Roscoe Lee Browne appears in the cast in one of his earliest movie roles. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Warren Finnerty - Leach
Garry Goodrow - Ernie
Carl Lee - Cowboy
William Redfield - Jim Dunn