Watermelon Man
1970 · 1h 40m · Comedy · United States of America · Rated R (US)
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.
Directed by
Melvin Van PeeblesWritten by
Herman Raucher6.1Smart score
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