Shadows

1960 · directed by John Cassavetes

Rating
80/100
Hit
yes

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.

Shadows (1960), directed by John Cassavetes, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Ben Carruthers
  • Lelia Goldoni
  • Hugh Hurd
  • Anthony Ray
  • Dennis Sallas
  • Tom Reese
  • David Pokitillow
  • Rupert Crosse
  • Davey Jones
  • Pir Marini

Crew

  • Erich Kollmar — Director of Photography
  • John Cassavetes — Editor
  • Maurice McEndree — Editor
  • Charles Mingus — Original Music Composer
  • John Cassavetes — Writer

More from John Cassavetes

  1. Love Streams (1984) — 84/100 · hit
  2. A Woman Under the Influence (1974) — 82/100 · hit
  3. Opening Night (1977) — 80/100 · hit
  4. A Child Is Waiting (1963) — 79/100
  5. Faces (1968) — 78/100
  6. Gloria (1980) — 74/100

How these numbers work: Methodology