cast
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Forest Whitaker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
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Diane Venora
Chan Parker
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Michael Zelniker
Red Rodney
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Samuel E. Wright
Dizzy Gillespie
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Keith David
Buster Franklin
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Michael McGuire
Brewster
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James Handy
Esteves
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Damon Whitaker
Young Bird
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Morgan Nagler
Kim
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Arlen Dean Snyder
Dr. Heath
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Sam Robards
Moscowitz
- Glenn Wright Alcoholic Patient
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George Orrison
Patient with Checkers
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Bill Cobbs
Dr. Caulfield
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Hamilton Camp
Mayor of 52nd Street
- Chris Bosley First Doorman
- George T. Bruce Second Doorman
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Joey Green
Gene
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John Witherspoon
Sid
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Tony Todd
Frog
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Jo De Winter
Mildred Berg
- Richard Zavaglia Ralph the Narc
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Anna Thomson
Audrey
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Al Pugliese
Owner - Three Deuces
- Hubert Kelly Wilson
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Billy J. Mitchell
Prince
- Karl Vincent Stratton
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Lou Cutell
Bride's Father
- Roger Etienne Parisian Emcee
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Jason Bernard
Benny Tate
- Gretchen Oehler Southern Nurse
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Richard McKenzie
Southern Doctor
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Tony Cox
Pee Wee Marquette
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Diane Salinger
Baroness Nica
- Penelope Windust Bellevue Nurse
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Ann Weldon
Violet Wells