Underrated by many critics, this is perhaps John Cassavetes' best film as director, with career-best performances from Bobby Darin and Stella Stevens as two barely successful people struggling to make it as jazz musician and singer, as well as in life. Both moving and involving, the film has uncharacteristically tight direction from Cassavetes that doesn't allow us to get away from the problems of the two main characters, plus moody monochrome photography by Lionel Lindon. Best known for his colour camerawork, Lindon also showed his mastery of the black-and-white medium in such films as Going My Way, The Blue Dahlia, Alias Nick Beal, The Lonely Man and The Manchurian Candidate.


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