The story of a smug white insurance salesman who wakes up one day with black skin, 1970's Watermelon Man was…
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Cast
Godfrey Cambridge (Jeff Gerber)Estelle Parsons (Althea Gerber)Howard Caine (Mr. Townsend)D'Urville Martin (Bus Driver)Mantan Moreland (Counterman)Kay Kimberly (Erica)Kay E. Kuter (Dr. Wainwright)Scott Garrett (Burton Gerber)Erin Moran (Janice Gerber)Irving Selbst (Mr. Johnson)Emil Sitka (Delivery Man)Lawrence Parke (1st Passenger)Karl Lukas (Policeman #2)Ray Ballard (3rd Passenger)Robert Dagny (2nd Passenger)Paul Williams (Employment Office Clerk)Ralph Montgomery (Drugstore Boss)Charles Lampkin (Dr. Catlin)
Director
Melvin Van Peebles
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Synopsis
An extremely bigoted white man finds out the hard (and somewhat humorous) way what it's like being a black man, firsthand!
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