One Potato, Two Potato

One Potato, Two Potato is a 1964 black-and-white drama film directed by Larry Peerce and starring Barbara Barrie and Bernie Hamilton. The story concerns the difficulties faced by an interracial marriage between an African-American office worker and a white divorcee. The climax of the film is a highly emotional courtroom custody case in which the woman's angry ex-husband demands custody of their daughter, charging that the child's welfare is threa... More

Initial release date:

  • Jul 29, 1964

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 23 min

Film

Directed by

Larry Peerce

Larry Peerce (born April 19, 1930, The Bronx, New York City, New York) is an American film and TV director whose work includes the theatrical feature Goodbye, Columbus, the early rock and roll concert film The Big T.N.T. Show, and One Potato, Two Potato (1964), the first U.S. movie to portray an...

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  • 1 h 23 min

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Awards

Award Nominations:

Year Award Award Nominee
  • 1964

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominees

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 1,082
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

The Movie List: the first 9200 of 2010-04-25

Awards Won:

Year Award Award Winner
  • 1964

Cannes Best Actress Award Winners

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