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Movie

Watermelon Man

1970·1h 40m·R
DramaFantasyComedy
IMDb Rating
★ 6.7/10
3,270 votes
Metascore
60
Metacritic

Jeff Gerber, a racist white man, wakes up one morning to discover that he has become black.

Watermelon Man is a 1970 drama fantasy movie directed by Melvin Van Peebles, starring Howard Caine, Godfrey Cambridge, D'Urville Martin. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.7/10 from 3,270 votes and runs 1h 40m.

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Director
Melvin Van Peebles
Stars
Howard Caine
Godfrey Cambridge
D'Urville Martin
Estelle Parsons
Creators
Herman Raucher
Details
1970-05-27
100 min
Movie
R
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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