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Watermelon Man

His white bread world just turned upside brown!

  • Movie
  • 1970
  • R
  • 1h 40m

Directed by Melvin Van Peebles

6.3

TMDB audience rating
6.3 out of 10 from 62 votes

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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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Cast and crew

  • Godfrey Cambridge

    Godfrey CambridgeJefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber

  • Estelle Parsons

    Estelle ParsonsAlthea Janine Gerber

  • Howard Caine

    Howard CaineMr. Townsend

  • D'Urville Martin

    D'Urville MartinBus Driver

  • Mantan Moreland

    Mantan MorelandJoe the Counterman

  • Erin Moran

    Erin MoranJanice Gerber

  • Scott GarrettBurton Gerber

  • Paul Williams

    Paul WilliamsEmployment Office Clerk

  • Kay E. Kuter

    Kay E. KuterDr. Wainwright

  • Kay KimberlyErica

  • Irving SelbstMr. Johnson

  • Emil Sitka

    Emil SitkaDelivery Man

  • Lawrence Parke1st Passenger

  • Karl Lukas

    Karl LukasPoliceman #2

  • Ralph MontgomeryDrugstore Boss

  • Charles Lampkin

    Charles LampkinDr. Catlin

  • Erik L. Nelson

    Erik L. NelsonDoorman

  • Donna DubrowReceptionist

Director
Melvin Van Peebles
Writer
Herman Raucher
Music
Melvin Van Peebles
Cinematography
W. Wallace Kelley