Sweet and Lowdown
Dec 03 1999
•2h 35m
•Comedy, Drama, Music
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
Cast
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Sean Penn
Emmet Ray
Samantha Morton
Hattie
Anthony LaPaglia
Al Torrio
Uma Thurman
Blanche Williams
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