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Black Like Me

Based on the true story of a white reporter who, at the height of the civil-rights movement, temporarily darkened his skin to experience the realities of a black man's life in the segregated South.

Director

Carl Lerner

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

The Hilltop Company

Awards

1 win

John Finley Horton

Dr. Jackson

Christopher

Roscoe Lee Browne

Thomas Newcomb

Truckdriver

Ed Saunders

Robert Gerringer

Eli Carr

Hodges

Georgie

Lucy Horton

Frank Newcomb

Vertell

Charles Maynard

Salesman

Heywood Hale Broun

Mary Saunders

Sarah Cunningham

Young Man in Car

David Huddleston

Mrs. Townsend

D'Urville Martin

Mason

Burt Wilson

Mugger in Alley

Priest

Man on Bus

Bus Driver

Man in Pickup Truck

Stretch

Burial Insurance Salesman

Raymond St. Jacques

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Ma'am? - Black Like Me

Hey, boy, where you going? - Black Like Me

Hey, boy, where you going?

- Don't do that.
- What? - Black Like Me

- Don't do that. - What?

I'll get you some water. - Black Like Me

I'll get you some water.

You're perfectly safe here. - Black Like Me

You're perfectly safe here.

Well? - Black Like Me

These things that other people do, - Black Like Me

These things that other people do,

- Mr Hodges.
- Mr Horton. - Black Like Me

- Mr Hodges. - Mr Horton.

Do you play? - Black Like Me

If I could... just
hang around here. - Black Like Me

If I could... just hang around here.

You sure you want to do this? - Black Like Me

You sure you want to do this?

You're a musician. - Black Like Me

You're a musician.

Boy, you just close
that door very gently now. - Black Like Me

Boy, you just close that door very gently now.

You got a pretty wife? - Black Like Me

You got a pretty wife?

Lucy, if I was
to come home suddenly, - Black Like Me

Lucy, if I was to come home suddenly,

Delighted to see you. - Black Like Me

Delighted to see you.

I don't understand. - Black Like Me

I don't understand.

I don't know... - Black Like Me

I don't know...

You make everything
so complicated. - Black Like Me

You make everything so complicated.

You'll be you, and that's
how I'll think of you. - Black Like Me

You'll be you, and that's how I'll think of y...

I'm just going to Littlepiece. - Black Like Me

I'm just going to Littlepiece.

You know, Saint Augustine said,
"Love, and then do what you will." - Black Like Me

You know, Saint Augustine said, "Love, and then do what...

John, come in here a minute. - Black Like Me

John, come in here a minute.

You two been friends long? - Black Like Me

You two been friends long?

Don't you like to dance? - Black Like Me

Don't you like to dance?

I ain't seen you around. - Black Like Me

I ain't seen you around.

You coming along? - Black Like Me

You coming along?

Hey, nigger! - Black Like Me

Excuse me, sir.
I'm in trouble. - Black Like Me

Excuse me, sir. I'm in trouble.

There ain't no way you can get
away from us, fuzz head. - Black Like Me

There ain't no way you can get away from us, fuzz head.

Dear Saint Jude...
Keep them away from me. - Black Like Me

Dear Saint Jude... Keep them away from me.

I'm no queer. - Black Like Me

Oh, Father, may I talk
to you some more please? - Black Like Me

Oh, Father, may I talk to you some more please?

Lady, do you know
what you've got? - Black Like Me

Lady, do you know what you've got?

Are you a nice man,
Mr Horton? - Black Like Me

Are you a nice man, Mr Horton?

Some people get a thrill
out of reading about it - Black Like Me

Some people get a thrill out of reading about it

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Based on the true story of a white reporter who, at the height of the civil-rights movement, temporarily darkened his skin to experience the realities of a black man's life in the segregated South.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Carl Lerner

Writer: John Howard Griffin, Carl Lerner, Gerda Lerner

Production: The Hilltop Company

Genre: drama

Year: 1964

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 20 May 1964

Awards: 1 win

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