Directed by:
Guy GreenScreenplay:
Guy GreenCinematography:
Robert BurksComposer:
Jerry GoldsmithCast:
Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford, Ivan Dixon, Elisabeth Fraser, Dorothy Lovett, John Qualen, Robert B. Williams, Renata Vanni (more)VOD (2)
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Accidentally blinded by her prostitute mother Rose-Ann (Shelley Winters) at the age of five, Selena D'Arcy spends the next 13 years confined in the tiny Los Angeles apartment that they share with "Ole Pa" (Wallace Ford), Selena's grandfather. One afternoon at the local park, Selena meets Gordon Ralfe (Sidney Poitier), a thoughtful young office worker whose kind-hearted treatment of her results in her falling in love with him, unaware that he is black. They continue to meet in the park every afternoon and he teaches her how to get along in the city. But when the cruel, domineering Rose-Ann learns of their relationship, she forbids her to have anything more to do with him because he is black. Selena continues to meet Gordon despite Rose-Ann's fury, who is determined to end the relationship for good. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Sidney Poitier
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
To Sir, with Love (1967)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Shelley Winters
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
An Average Little Man (1977)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Elizabeth Hartman
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
The Beguiled (1971)
Wallace Ford
UK
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Freaks (1932)
The Rainmaker (1956)
Ivan Dixon
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Elisabeth Fraser
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Seconds (1966)
Dorothy Lovett
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
John Qualen
Canada
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Casablanca (1942)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Robert B. Williams
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
North by Northwest (1959)
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Renata Vanni
Italy
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Westward the Women (1951)
Fred Holliday
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Airport (1970)
Debi Storm
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
Eight on the Lam (1967)