A Patch of Blue Movie Review 1965

A kind-hearted blind girl falls in love with a black man without acknowledging racial differences. Good performances from Hartman and Poitier are film's strongest assets.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 108 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Blindness, Interracial Affairs, African America

Cast

Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth Hartman, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford, Ivan Dixon, John Qualen, Elisabeth Fraser, Kelly Flynn

Cinematography

Robert Burks

Director

Guy Green

Music

Jerry Goldsmith

Producer

MGM

Awards

Oscars 1965: Support. Actress (Winters).