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Screen 2: Watermelon Man

on BBC Two England

Starring Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons

A new season of Screen 2 featuring films shown for the first time on British television starts with a black comedy about an insurance salesman with a personality problem: nobody likes him. Jeff Gerber is an overbearing, self-satisfied loud-mouth who sees himself as the life and soul of every party - except that he is never invited to parties. He is also a racist. So it comes as quite a shock to him when he wakes up one morning and finds that he has turned into a black man!

Films: p 8

Contributors

Director:
Melvin van Peebles.
Jeff Gerber:
Godfrey Cambridge
Althea Gerber:
Estelle Parsons
Mr Townsend:
Howard Caine
Bus driver:
D'Urville Martin
Counterman:
Mantan Moreland
Erica:
Kay Kimberly
Dr Wainwright:
Kay E Kuter
Burton Gerber:
Scott Garrett
Janice Gerber:
Erin Moran
Mr Johnson:
Irving Selbst
Delivery man:
Emil Sitka

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