Bird

Release date: Jun 1, 1988

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.

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Top Cast

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

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