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5.9/10   284 votes
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Director:
Daniel Mann
Writers:
Sidney Poitier (story)
Robert Alan Aurthur (screenplay)
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Release Date:
17 July 1968 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Plot:
A white family has had the same black maid for many years. When she tells them she wants to go back to school and will be leaving soon... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Very charming and Sidney is really sexy more (8 total)

Cast

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Sidney Poitier ... Jack Parks
Abbey Lincoln ... Ivy Moore

Beau Bridges ... Tim Austin
Nan Martin ... Doris Austin
Lauri Peters ... Gena Austin

Carroll O'Connor ... Frank Austin
Leon Bibb ... Billy Talbot
Hugh Hurd ... Jerry
Lon Satton ... Harry
Stanley Greene ... Eddie
Paul Harris ... Dealer
Tony Major ... Dealer
Clark Morgan ... Dealer
Christopher St. John ... Dealer
Bob Carey ... Dealer
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:A | USA:G | UK:PG (video rating) | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:11
Company:
ABC Pictures International more

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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Projectionist (1971) more

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11 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Very charming and Sidney is really sexy, 31 August 2006
7/10
Author: shoolaroon from usa

I caught this last night on Turner and while this is a slight little movie, I found it quite charming, mainly in the developing relationship between the smooth, elegant, slightly dangerous Poitier and the sweet and yet sassy Ms. Lincoln. They're a good match together, and I love the very romantic seduction scene with that great Quincy Jones music playing in the background. From what I've seen of Sidney Poitier he usually plays a somewhat angry young man who's fighting the system in some way. Well, here he just gets to play a smooth hustler, and man is he sexy!!! Wish he'd made more light romantic films like this.

As for the rest of the cast - well, the plot serves them poorly. The white family come across as well meaning stooges, and the hippie look is really dated on Beau Bridges. But it's kind of the equivalent of one of those Rock Hudson/Doris Day movies with a bit more of an edge and a little bit of a conscience. Well worth watching when it comes around again.

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