The Connection
Men Held Captive By the Power Of Drugs
110 mins
A title card announces that the film is a result of found footage assembled by cameraman J.J. Burden working for the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jim Dunn, who has disappeared. Leach, a heroin addict, introduces the audience to his apartment where other heroin addicts, a mix of current and former jazz musicians, are waiting for Cowboy, their drug connection, to appear. Things go out of control as the men grow increasingly nervous and the cameraman keeps recording.
Jerome Raphael
Solly
Carl Lee
Cowboy
Barbara Winchester
Sister Salvation
Henry Proach
Harry
Freddie Redd
Piano Player
Jackie McLean
Sax Player
Larry Richie
Drummer
Michael Mattos
Bass Player
Jim Anderson
Sam
Lewis M. Allen
Producer
Jack Gelber
Writer
Arthur J. Ornitz
Director of Photography
Freddie Redd
Original Music Composer
Richard Sylbert
Production Design
Albert Brenner
Art Direction