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Watermelon Man

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Producing House

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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1970-05-27

Runtime: 100 mins

Director: Melvin Van Peebles

Writer: Herman Raucher

Spoken language: English

Genres: Comedy

Original title: Watermelon Man

Production Companies: Johanna, Columbia Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

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