Watermelon Man (1970)

Name: Watermelon Man
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1970-05-27
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine, D'Urville Martin, Mantan Moreland

19701h 40mRComedy

A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood, but his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight.

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Cast

Godfrey CambridgeJefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber
Estelle ParsonsAlthea Janine Gerber
Howard CaineMr. Townsend
D'Urville MartinBus Driver
Mantan MorelandJoe the Counterman
Erin MoranJanice Gerber
SScott GarrettBurton Gerber
Paul WilliamsEmployment Office Clerk
Kay E. KuterDr. Wainwright
KKay KimberlyErica
IIrving SelbstMr. Johnson
Emil SitkaDelivery Man
LLawrence Parke1st Passenger
Karl LukasPoliceman #2
RRalph MontgomeryDrugstore Boss
Charles LampkinDr. Catlin
Erik L. NelsonDoorman
DDonna DubrowReceptionist

Crew

Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Writers: Herman Raucher
Producers: Leon Mirell John B. Bennett
Music: Melvin Van Peebles
Cinematography: W. Wallace Kelley
Editing: Carl Kress

Details

Released: May 27, 1970
Language: English
Studio: Johanna, Columbia Pictures
IMDb: tt0066550