"There are no second acts in American lives."
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.
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Chan Parker
Red Rodney
Dizzy Gillespie
Buster Franklin
Brewster
Esteves
Young Bird
Kim
Dr. Heath
Moscowitz
Alcoholic Patient
Patient with Checkers
Dr. Caulfield
Mayor of 52nd Street
First Doorman
Second Doorman
Gene
Sid
Frog
Mildred Berg
Ralph the Narc
Audrey
Owner - Three Deuces
Wilson
Prince
Stratton
Bride's Father
Parisian Emcee
Benny Tate
Southern Nurse
Southern Doctor
Pee Wee Marquette
Baroness Nica
Bellevue Nurse
Violet Wells
