Drama Music
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Forest Whitaker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Keith David
Buster Franklin
Tony Todd
Frog
Bill Cobbs
Dr. Caulfield
Tony Cox
Pee Wee Marquette
Jason Bernard
Benny Tate
Diane Venora
Chan Parker
Sam Robards
Moscowitz
Diane Salinger
Baroness Nica
John Witherspoon
Sid
Anna Thomson
Audrey
Michael McGuire
Brewster
James Handy
Esteves
Michael Zelniker
Red Rodney
Hamilton Camp
Mayor of 52nd Street
Lou Cutell
Bride's Father
Morgan Nagler
Kim
Damon Whitaker
Young Bird
Richard McKenzie
Southern Doctor
Ann Weldon
Violet Wells
Samuel E. Wright
Dizzy Gillespie
Jo De Winter
Mildred Berg
Billy J. Mitchell
Prince
Al Pugliese
Owner - Three Deuces
Arlen Dean Snyder
Dr. Heath
George Orrison
Patient with Checkers
Joey Green
Gene
Chris Bosley
First Doorman
George T. Bruce
Second Doorman
Richard Zavaglia
Ralph the Narc
Hubert Kelly
Wilson
Roger Etienne
Parisian Emcee
Penelope Windust
Bellevue Nurse

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