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Watermelon Man
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6.3A 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.
Released: 1970-05-27100 minDir: Melvin Van PeeblesComedyBox office: $1.1M
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Cast
- Godfrey Cambridge as Jefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber
- Estelle Parsons as Althea Janine Gerber
- Howard Caine as Mr. Townsend
- D'Urville Martin as Bus Driver
- Mantan Moreland as Joe the Counterman
- Erin Moran as Janice Gerber
Themes
- satire
- racist
- racism
- malicious
- independent film
- tanning bed
- hilarious
- mean spirited
- scathing
- whiteface
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
3,163 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
60/100
- Year
- 1970
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 777476
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- publication date
- 1970-01-01
- title
- Watermelon Man
- review score
- 7.1/10
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1970 American films1970 comedy films1970 English-language films1970 filmsAlbum articles lacking alt text for coversAmerican comedy filmsAmerican satirical filmsColumbia Pictures filmsEnglish-language comedy filmsEthnic humourFilms about race and ethnicityFilms about racism in the United StatesFilms about salespeopleFilms directed by Melvin Van PeeblesFilms with screenplays by Herman RaucherRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataRotten Tomatoes template using name parameterStereotypes of African-American peopleTemplate film date with 1 release date