My Sweet Charlie
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lamont Johnson
Patty Duke
Al Freeman Jr.
Ford Rainey
William Hardy
Chris Wilson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Charles Roberts, a black activist lawyer from the North who is working in Texas, kills a white man in self-defense. Fearing for his life, he flees to a dilapidated lighthouse cabin on the Gulf Coast, and there he finds Marlene Chambers, a pregnant, unwed white girl who has been cast out of her home by her father. Racial tension develops between them, but they eventually grow to respect each other when they realize that they are mutually dependent. One day, Marlene goes into labor, whereupon Charles hurries to the nearby town for supplies and help. He tries to act like a deferential southern Negro toward Treadwell, the prejudiced owner of a small country store, but Charles is quickly offended, and he allows his northern accent to come out. Treadwell begins a row, and Charles runs away; but Treadwell catches up with him, pulls a gun, and kills him.
Director
Lamont Johnson
Cast
Patty Duke
Al Freeman Jr.
Ford Rainey
William Hardy
Chris Wilson
Noble Willingham
Dave Ward
Crew
Edward M. Abroms
Bob Banner
Ralph Ferrin
Richard Levinson
Richard Levinson
William Link
William Link
Robert Luthardt
John Mccarthy Jr.
Gil Melle
Melvin M. Metcalfe Sr.
George Milo
Gene Polito
Sid Sheinberg
Charles Waldo
Stanley Wilson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in Galveston and Point Bolivar, Texas. First shown January 20, 1970 on NBC-TV's "World Premiere." Sources conflict in crediting music.
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States January 20, 1970
