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1970

Watermelon Man

Directed by Melvin Van Peebles
His white bread world just turned upside brown!

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.

Duration

1h 40m

Released

May 27, 1970

Revenue

$1,100,000

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6.4

Rating52

Views0

Likes0

Lists11

Cast50

  • Godfrey Cambridge
  • Estelle Parsons
  • Howard Caine
  • D'Urville Martin
  • Mantan Moreland
  • Erin Moran
  • Scott Garrett
  • Paul Williams
  • Kay E. Kuter

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