Watermelon Man

1970 6.4 (52 votes) 1h 40m

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Johanna
Columbia Pictures

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.

Key Crew

Director: Melvin Van Peebles

Director of Photography: W. Wallace Kelley

Producer: John B. Bennett

Writer: Herman Raucher

Top Cast

Godfrey Cambridge

Jefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber

Estelle Parsons

Althea Janine Gerber

Howard Caine

Mr. Townsend

D'Urville Martin

Bus Driver

Mantan Moreland

Joe the Counterman

Erin Moran

Janice Gerber

Scott Garrett

Burton Gerber

Paul Williams

Employment Office Clerk

Videos

Watermelon Man Trailer

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