The best Duke Ellington’s movies on YouTube

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington

29/04/1899- 24/05/1974
Today we present the best Duke Ellington’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Duke Ellington’s movies.

Anatomy of a Murder

Anatomy of a Murder
8/10
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.

Cabin in the Sky

Cabin in the Sky
7.1/10
  • Genre: FantasyMusic
  • Release: 09/04/1943
  • Character: Duke Ellington
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for six months to prove that he deserves to be in heaven. He awakens, remembering nothing and struggles to do right by his devout wife, Petunia, while an angel known as the General and the devil's son, Lucifer Jr., fight for his soul.

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
8.2/10
In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied.

The Apollo

The Apollo
6.8/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 24/04/2019
  • Character: Himself
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.

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