Paris Blues

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Paris Blues is a 1961 American feature film. It stars Sidney Poitier as expatriate jazz musician Eddie Cook, and Paul Newman as trombone-playing Ram Bowen romance two vacationing American tourists: Connie Lampson (Diahann Carroll) and Lillian Corning (Joanne Woodward). The film was produced by Sam Shaw and directed by Martin Ritt. Paris Blues was released in the U.S. on September 27, 1961.