The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 79% of the 781 1960s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic86/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
276 audience votes
Key crew
- John CassavetesDirector
- John CassavetesWriter
- Charles MingusOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ben CarruthersBen
- Lelia GoldoniLelia
- Hugh HurdHugh
- Anthony RayTony
- Dennis SallasDennis
- Tom ReeseTom
- David PokitillowDavid
- Rupert CrosseRupert
- Davey JonesDavey
- Pir MariniPir the Piano Player
- Victoria VargasVickie
- Jack AckermanJack
Stills
Themes
jazzpassing for white
The Best Movies of 1960
Shadows is #20 of 60
