''Dutchman'' is a 1967 British drama film directed by
Anthony Harvey
Anthony Harvey (3 June 1930 – 23 November 2017) was an English filmmaker who began his career as a teenage actor, was a film editor in the 1950s and moved into directing in the mid-1960s. Harvey had fifteen film credits as an editor, and he ...
and starring
Shirley Knight
Shirley Knight Hopkins (July 5, 1936 – April 22, 2020) was an American actress who appeared in more than 50 feature films, television films, television series, and Broadway and Off-Broadway productions in her career, playing leading and charac ...
and
Al Freeman, Jr. It was based on the 1964 play ''
Dutchman'' by
Amiri Baraka (aka Le Roi Jones) who wrote the screenplay adaptation.
John Barry wrote the score. The movie tells the story of a black man who meets a white woman while riding the subway in New York City.
Although not shown widely, the film was critically well-received and was nominated for the
Golden Lion at the
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival h ...
, where Shirley Knight received the
Volpi Cup
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...
for best actress.
Bosley Crowther wrote a critical review of the film in the New York Times.
Cast
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Shirley Knight
Shirley Knight Hopkins (July 5, 1936 – April 22, 2020) was an American actress who appeared in more than 50 feature films, television films, television series, and Broadway and Off-Broadway productions in her career, playing leading and charac ...
as Lula
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Al Freeman, Jr. as Clay
References
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Films directed by Anthony Harvey
1966 drama films
1966 films
Films scored by John Barry (composer)
British drama films
Two-handers
1966 directorial debut films
British films based on plays
1960s English-language films
1960s British films
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