His white bread world just turned upside brown!
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.
Janice Gerber
The film's tagline is: "His white bread world just turned upside brown!"
The film grossed $1.1M at the box office.
The runtime is 100 minutes (1h 40m).
The film was directed by Melvin Van Peebles.
The screenplay was written by Herman Raucher.
The score was composed by Melvin Van Peebles.
Cinematography was handled by W. Wallace Kelley.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0066550.
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Watermelon Man
Released
R
English
United States of America
$1,100,000
