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In 1964, just as Washington was passing the Civil Rights Act, some of Hollywood's most passionate activists interpreted John Howard Griffin's brave chronicle Black Like Me for the screen, with James Whitmore starring as the writer, who, in 1959, medically altered his pigment and, with the help of a sunlamp, reinvented himself as an intinerant black writer navigating his way through the Jim Crowe south. Whitmore's Griffin experiences firsthand both crushing racism and the incredible life force of the Afro-American community.
Original Release
05/20/1964
US Release
05/20/1964
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Whitmore | John Finley Horton |
Sorrell Booke | Dr. Jackson |
Roscoe Lee Browne | Christopher |
Al Freeman Jr. | Thomas Newcomb |
Will Geer | Truckdriver |
Robert Gerringer | Ed Saunders |
Clifton James | Eli Carr |
John Marriott | Hodges |
Thelma Oliver | Georgie |
Lenka Peterson | Lucy Horton |
Directors
Writers
Carl Lerner, John Howard Griffin, Gerda Lerner, Paul Green
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Whitmore | John Finley Horton |
Sorrell Booke | Dr. Jackson |
Roscoe Lee Browne | Christopher |
Al Freeman Jr. | Thomas Newcomb |
Will Geer | Truckdriver |
Robert Gerringer | Ed Saunders |
Clifton James | Eli Carr |
John Marriott | Hodges |
Thelma Oliver | Georgie |
Lenka Peterson | Lucy Horton |
P. Jay Sidney | Frank Newcomb |
Billie Allen | Vertell |
Alan Bergmann | Charles Maynard |
Stanley Brock | Salesman |
Heywood Hale Broun | |
Sarah Cunningham | Mary Saunders |
David Huddleston | |
Eva Jessye | Mrs. Townsend |
D'Urville Martin | |
Walter Mason | Mason |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Julius Tannenbaum | Producer |