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.
as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
as Chan Parker
as Red Rodney
as Dizzy Gillespie
as Buster Franklin
as Brewster
as Esteves
as Young Bird
as Kim
as Dr. Heath
as Moscowitz
as Alcoholic Patient
as Patient with Checkers
as Dr. Caulfield
as Mayor of 52nd Street
as First Doorman
as Second Doorman
as Gene
as Sid
as Frog
as Mildred Berg
as Ralph the Narc
as Audrey
as Owner - Three Deuces
as Wilson
as Prince
as Stratton
as Bride's Father
as Parisian Emcee
as Benny Tate
as Southern Nurse
as Southern Doctor
as Pee Wee Marquette
as Baroness Nica
as Bellevue Nurse
as Violet Wells
