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Watermelon Man

Release Year
1970
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Directed By
Melvin Van Peebles
Watermelon Man

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.

Cast & Crew

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

Paul Williams

Employment Office Clerk

Kay E. Kuter

Dr. Wainwright

Kay Kimberly

Erica

Irving Selbst

Mr. Johnson

Emil Sitka

Delivery Man

Lawrence Parke

1st Passenger

Crew

Melvin Van Peebles

Director

Melvin Van Peebles

Original Music Composer

Carl Kress

Editor

John B. Bennett

Producer

Herman Raucher

Writer

John H. Newman

Sound Editor

Luke Wolfram

Sound Editor

Willie Harris

Stunts

Virginia Jones

Hairstylist

Ben Lane

Makeup Supervisor

Sheldon Schrager

Assistant Director

Malcolm C. Bert

Art Direction

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