Movie

1949 Drama
1h 39min
Country | USA |
Scott Carter is a skilled doctor - and a man without prospects. Rejection letters from hospitals pile up. His young wife is pregnant with their first child. Unable to land a job because of his race, Scott (Mel Ferrer) decides. 'For one year of my life,' he says, 'I'm going to be a white man.' That one year becomes two, then 10, then 20. But it's still only a matter of time before Scott's secret is out and he confronts racism in the New Hampshire town he's served for decades. A light-skinned black family passes for white in this powerful, fact-based tale.
Directed by | Alfred L_ Werker |
Written by | Ormonde Dekay Jr., Maxime Furlaud, Eugene Ling, Charles Palmer, Virginia Shaler, William L. White |
Company | Film ClassicsFilm ClassicsFilm Classics |
Starring
Mel Ferrer
Beatrice Pearson
Susan Douglas Rubes
Robert A. Dunn
Richard Hylton
Grace Coppin
Carleton Carpenter
Seth Arnold
Wendell Holmes
Parker Fennelly
Ralph Riggs
William Greaves
Ray Saunders
Leigh Whipper
Morton Stevens
Maurice Ellis
Alexander Campbell
Edwin Cooper
Royal Beal
Canada Lee
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