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His white bread world just turned upside brown!

Watermelon Man

6.3 1970 1h 40mR
Comedy

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.

Directed by Melvin Van Peebles

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CAST

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Godfrey Cambridge
Godfrey CambridgeJefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber
Estelle Parsons
Estelle ParsonsAlthea Janine Gerber
Howard Caine
Howard CaineMr. Townsend
D'Urville Martin
D'Urville MartinBus Driver
Mantan Moreland
Mantan MorelandJoe the Counterman
Erin Moran
Erin MoranJanice Gerber
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Scott GarrettBurton Gerber
Paul Williams
Paul WilliamsEmployment Office Clerk
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