Mixed Company (1974)
109 min
Kathy Morrison (Harris), mother of three, who helps run a "color-blind" adoption program, wants to have another biological child. Her husband, Pete (Bologna), the head coach of the Phoenix Suns, finds out he can't produce another child. Kathy thinks about adopting a boy, Frederic "Freddie" Wilcox, and Pete does not want to adopt a boy who happens to be black. When he relents, Freddie's arrival causes an upheaval in the Morrison's neighborhood, their school, and family. Kathy's answer is to adopt another child, in this case two, a war-traumatized half-Vietnamese girl, Quan Tran, and a Hopi boy, Joe. The new extended family must now learn to live together.
- Release date
- October 18, 1974
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Barbara Harris as Kathy
- Joseph Bologna as Pete
- Tom Bosley as Al
- Lisa Gerritsen as Liz
- Dorothy Shay as Marge
- Ruth McDevitt as Miss Bergquist
- Ariane Heller as Mary
- Stephen Honanie as Joe
- Haywood Nelson as Freddie
- Eric Olson as Rob
Crew
- Melville Shavelson · Director
- Mort Lachman · Writer
- Melville Shavelson · Writer
- Melville Shavelson · Producer
- Fred Karlin · Composer
- Stan Lazan · Cinematographer
- Ralph James Hall · Editor
- Walter Thompson · Editor
- Joe Scully · Casting director
- Stan Jolley · Production designer