Watermelon Man
Release Date: 1970-05-27
Runtime: 100 min
Genre(s): Comedy
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Producer(s): John B. Bennett
Production Country: United States of America
Original Language: English
Revenue: $1,100,000.00
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.
Cast:
Almira Sessions, Anthony Redondo, Charles Fogel, Charles Lampkin, Clarence M. Landry, Clark Ross, D’Urville Martin, David Cadiente, Donna Dubrow, Eddie Smith, Emil Sitka, Erik L. Nelson, Erin Moran, Estelle Parsons, Ethelreda Leopold, Frank Farmer, George DeNormand, Godfrey Cambridge, Hans Moebus, Hazel Medina, Howard Caine, Irving Selbst, Jimmy Payne, Karl Lukas, Kay E. Kuter, Kay Kimberly, Lawrence Parke, Leon Alton, Mae Clarke, Mantan Moreland, Matthias Uitz, Melvin Van Peebles, Murray Pollack, Niva Ruschell, Paul Bradley, Paul Williams, Ralph Montgomery, Ray Ballard, Rhodie Cogan, Robert Dagny, Robert Lewis, Robert Strong, Ron Pinkard, Scott Garrett, Tina Menard, Tony Regan, Vivian Rhodes, Walt Davis
Crew:
Melvin Van Peebles (Director), Virginia Jones (Hairstylist), Ben Lane (Makeup Supervisor), Sheldon Schrager (Assistant Director), Les Fresholtz (Sound), John H. Newman (Sound Editor), Luke Wolfram (Sound Editor), Willie Harris (Stunts), Herman Raucher (Writer), John B. Bennett (Producer), Leon Mirell (Executive Producer), Melvin Van Peebles (Original Music Composer), W. Wallace Kelley (Director of Photography), Carl Kress (Editor), Malcolm C. Bert (Art Direction), Sydney Z. Litwack (Art Direction), John Burton (Set Decoration)