Dutchman

★★★★★

“When a girl like Lula gets with a guy like Clay - She can love him... or kill him - Or maybe both!”

1966 · 55 min

Directed by Anthony Harvey

Drama

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Cast

Shirley Knight Al Freeman Jr. Frank Lieberman Robert Calvert Howard Bennett Sandy McDonald

Credits

Written by: Amiri Baraka
Produced by: Eugene Persson

Plot

On a New York subway, a white woman flirts with a young Black man, taunts him, and the encounter turns to violence, in an adaptation of Amiri Baraka's play on race.

Sinekatalog’s take

A short, intense and provocative adaptation of a play.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (589 votes)
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