Black Like Me (film)
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| Black Like Me | |
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| Directed by | Carl Lerner |
| Produced by | Julius Tannenbaum |
| Screenplay by | Carl Lerner Gerda Lerner Paul Green (uncredited) |
| Based on | Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin |
| Starring | James Whitmore |
| Music by | Meyer Kupferman |
| Cinematography | Victor Lukens Henry Mueller II |
| Editing by | Lora Hays |
| Studio | The Hilltop Company |
| Distributed by | Continental Distributing |
| Release date(s) | May 20, 1964 |
| Running time | 107 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Latin |
Black Like Me is a 1964 American drama film co-written (with Gerda Lerner) and directed by Carl Lerner, based on the book of the same name. The film stars James Whitmore, Sorrell Booke, and Roscoe Lee Browne.
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[edit] Plot
John Finley Horton (James Whitmore) is a White American journalist who artificially darkens his skin and passes for a black man in the deep South, from New Orleans to Atlanta, where he encounters a great deal of racism from both white and black peoples.
[edit] Cast
- James Whitmore as John Finley Horton
- Sorrell Booke as Dr. Jackson
- Roscoe Lee Browne as Christopher
- Al Freeman, Jr. as Thomas Newcomb
- Will Geer as Truck driver
- Robert Gerringer as Ed Saunders
- Clifton James as Eli Carr
- John Marriott as Hodges
- Thelma Oliver as Georgie
- Lenka Petersen as Lucy Horton
- P.J. Sidney as Frank Newcomb
- Billie Allen as Vertell
- Alan Bergmann as Charles Maynard
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Categories:
- 1964 films
- American films
- 1960s drama films
- American drama films
- English-language films
- African American films
- Films about racism
- Films based on actual events
- Films set in Atlanta, Georgia
- Films set in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Films set in Texas
- Films set in the 1950s
- Films shot in Florida
- Films shot in New York
- Films shot in Washington, D.C.
- Independent films
- Films about race
- U.S. Civil Rights Movement in film
