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Bird

6.8 161 mins Drama   Music   1988
Warner Bros. Pictures   Malpaso Productions  
Director(s): Clint Eastwood

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.

Casts of Bird

Forest Whitaker

as Charlie 'Bird' Parker

Diane Venora

as Chan Parker

Michael Zelniker

as Red Rodney

Samuel E. Wright

as Dizzy Gillespie

Keith David

as Buster Franklin

Michael McGuire

as Brewster

James Handy

as Esteves

Damon Whitaker

as Young Bird

Morgan Nagler

as Kim

Arlen Dean Snyder

as Dr. Heath

Sam Robards

as Moscowitz

Glenn Wright

as Alcoholic Patient

George Orrison

as Patient with Checkers

Bill Cobbs

as Dr. Caulfield

Hamilton Camp

as Mayor of 52nd Street

Chris Bosley

as First Doorman

George T. Bruce

as Second Doorman

Joey Green

as Gene

Tony Todd

as Frog

Jo De Winter

as Mildred Berg

Richard Zavaglia

as Ralph the Narc

Anna Thomson

as Audrey

Al Pugliese

as Owner - Three Deuces

Hubert Kelly

as Wilson

Billy J. Mitchell

as Prince

Karl Vincent

as Stratton

Lou Cutell

as Bride's Father

Roger Etienne

as Parisian Emcee

Jason Bernard

as Benny Tate

Gretchen Oehler

as Southern Nurse

Richard McKenzie

as Southern Doctor

Tony Cox

as Pee Wee Marquette

Diane Salinger

as Baroness Nica

Penelope Windust

as Bellevue Nurse

Ann Weldon

as Violet Wells

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