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Noir City: New York 2026
Sun Jul 12 - Thu Jul 16

A Man Called Adam

Co-presented by the Film Noir Foundation
YEAR
1966
ACCESSIBILITY
HI
FORMAT
DCP
RUNTIME
1h 39m
DIRECTOR
Leo Penn
CAST
Sammy Davis, Jr.

SYNOPSIS

Sammy Davis, Jr. like you’ve never seen him before! Sammy plays Adam, the cornetist whose prodigious talent is dwarfed only by his penchant for self-destruction. He maps out a comeback with the help of a saxophonist turned Civil Rights activist and his granddaughter, but it doesn’t take long for the demons to come calling. One of the most unrelentingly bleak noir films of the 1960s, economically directed by Leo Penn (father of Oscar-winner Sean) and tailored to showcase musical luminaries George Rhodes and Louis Armstrong as they tear up real New York City nightclubs. Featuring memorably intense supporting turns by Davis’ Rat Pack cohort, Peter Lawford, and Rat Pack offspring, Frank Sinatra Jr.

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