One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
One of the HOTTER Topics Of Our Time...Now Scorches the Screen!
92 min
Study of interracial marriage in the 1960s. A white divorcée falls in love with and marries an African-American man. When her ex-husband sues for custody of her child, arguing that a mixed household is an improper place to raise the girl, the new husband fights for his parental rights in court, fighting against a judge who represents the prejudices of the era.
- Release date
- July 29, 1964
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Barbara Barrie as Julie Cullen Richards
- Bernie Hamilton as Frank Richards
- Richard Mulligan as Joe Cullen
- Harry Bellaver as Judge Warren Powell
- Martha L. Mericka as Ellen Mary
- Robert Earl Jones as William Richards
- Vinnette Carroll as Martha Richards
- Anthony Spinelli as Johnny Hruska
- Faith Burwell as Ann Hruska
- Jack Stamberger as Minister
Crew
- Larry Peerce · Director
- Raphael Hayes · Writer
- Orville H. Hampton · Writer
- Anthony Spinelli · Producer
- Gerald Fried · Composer
- Andrew Laszlo · Cinematographer
- Robert Fritch · Editor