Watermelon Man

May 27, 1970

1h 40m

★ 6.3

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Johanna

Columbia Pictures

Watermelon Man Trailers

Cast

Jefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber

Godfrey Cambridge

Althea Janine Gerber

Estelle Parsons

Mr. Townsend

Howard Caine

Bus Driver

D'Urville Martin

Joe the Counterman

Mantan Moreland

Janice Gerber

Erin Moran

Burton Gerber

Scott Garrett

Employment Office Clerk

Paul Williams

Dr. Wainwright

Kay E. Kuter

Erica

Kay Kimberly

Mr. Johnson

Irving Selbst

Delivery Man

Emil Sitka

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