The title is "Paris Blues", but it's actually jazz that Ram Bowen (Paul Newman) and Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier) play. They're so into it that even American tourists Lillian Corning (Joanne Woodward) and Connie Lampson (Diahann Carroll) can't drag them back to the States. Louis Armstrong also co-stars.
The plot seems like something that we've seen before, but the music is the movie's strength. Director Martin Ritt of course later directed Newman in what was probably his greatest role: "Hud" (Ritt had already directed Newman and Woodward in "The Long Hot Summer"). "Paris Blues" may be routine, but it's got some great music.
The plot seems like something that we've seen before, but the music is the movie's strength. Director Martin Ritt of course later directed Newman in what was probably his greatest role: "Hud" (Ritt had already directed Newman and Woodward in "The Long Hot Summer"). "Paris Blues" may be routine, but it's got some great music.