Robert Altman's jazz-scored film explores themes of love, crime, race, and politics in 1930s Kansas City. When Blondie O'Hara's husband, a petty thief, is captured by Seldom Seen and held at the Hey Hey Club, she launches a desperate plan to release him. She kidnaps the wife of a powerful local politician in an attempt to blackmail him into using his connections to free Johnny. Despite this being election time, he risks exposure by putting the political machine into action to free Johnny and thereby save his wife. Mrs. Stilton, meanwhile, has befriended Blondie and is impressed by her love and devotion to Johnny, especially in contrast to her own loveless marriage.
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Hosts of Freedom |
Karl King: writer
The Lincoln College Preparatory College Band: performer
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Tickle Toe |
Lester Young: writer
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Moten Swing |
Bennie Moten: writer
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Indiana |
Ballard MacDonald: writer
James F. Hanley: writer
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I Surrender Dear |
Harry Barris: writer
Gordon Clifford: writer
Craig Handy: messages.music arranger
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Blues in the Dark |
Steven Bernstein: messages.music arranger
Count Basie: writer
Jimmy Rushing: writer
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I Left My Baby |
Steven Bernstein: messages.music arranger
Count Basie: writer
Andy Gibson: writer
Jimmy Rushing: writer
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Pagin' the Devil |
Milton Gabler: writer
Don Byron: messages.music arranger
Walter Page: writer
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Yeah Man |
Steven Bernstein: messages.music arranger
J. Russel Robinson: writer
Noble Sissle: writer
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Froggy Bottom |
Mary Lou Williams: writer
Geri Allen: messages.music arranger
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Lafayette |
Count Basie: writer
Craig Handy: messages.music arranger
Eddie Durham: writer
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Lullaby of the Leaves |
Joe Young: writer
Bernice Petkere: writer
Geri Allen: messages.music arranger
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Solitude |
Duke Ellington: writer
Edgar De Lange: writer
Irving Mills: writer
Steven Bernstein: messages.music arranger
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Queer Notions |
Coleman Hawkins: writer
Craig Handy: messages.music arranger
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