Film
Watermelon Man
1970· R· 1h 40m· Comedy
“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.
1970-05-27
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Key Crew
DirectorMelvin Van Peebles
WriterHerman Raucher
ProducerJohn B. Bennett
Director of PhotographyW. Wallace Kelley
Original Music ComposerMelvin Van Peebles
EditorCarl Kress
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 17 crew)
Details
Released1970-05-27
Runtime1h 40m · R
StatusReleased
StudiosJohanna · Columbia Pictures
Box office$1M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating6.3/10 · 62 votes
Original languageen
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