Watermelon Man

1970

1h 40m

6.3

6.3/10

57 votes • View on IMDb

Comedy

"His white bread world just turned upside brown!"

Overview

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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Status: Released

Revenue: $1,100,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies

Johanna Columbia Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Spoken Languages

English

Keywords

satire racist racism malicious independent film tanning bed hilarious mean spirited scathing whiteface

Quick Facts

Release Date	May 27, 1970
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt0066550

Cast

Godfrey Cambridge

Jefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber

Estelle Parsons

Althea Janine Gerber

Howard Caine

Mr. Townsend

D'Urville Martin

Bus Driver

Mantan Moreland

Joe the Counterman

Erin Moran

Janice Gerber

Scott Garrett

Burton Gerber

Paul Williams

Employment Office Clerk

Kay E. Kuter

Dr. Wainwright

Kay Kimberly

Erica

Irving Selbst

Mr. Johnson

Emil Sitka

Delivery Man

Key Crew

Melvin Van Peebles

Director

Herman Raucher

Writer

Leon Mirell

Executive Producer

John B. Bennett

Producer