''Mixed Company'' is a 1974 American

comedy-drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

directed by

Melville Shavelson Melville Shavelson (April 1, 1917 – August 8, 2007) was an Americans, American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. He was President of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAw) from 1969 to 1971, 1979 to 1981, and 1985 to 1 ...

and written by Shavelson and Mort Lachman. It stars Barbara Harris,

Joseph Bologna Joseph Bologna (December 30, 1934 – August 13, 2017) was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter notable for his roles in the comedy films ''My Favorite Year'', ''Blame It on Rio'' and ''Transylvania 6-5000 (1985 film), Transylvania ...

, Tom Bosley,

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and

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Plot summary

Kathy Morrison (Harris), mother of three, who helps run a "color-blind" adoption program, wants to have another biological child. Her husband, Pete (Bologna), the head coach of the

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, finds out he can't produce another child. Kathy thinks about adopting a boy, Frederic "Freddie" Wilcox, and Pete does not want to adopt a boy who happens to be black. When he relents, Freddie's arrival causes an upheaval in the Morrison's neighborhood, their school, and family. Kathy's answer is to adopt another child, in this case two, a war-traumatized half-Vietnamese girl, Quan Tran, and a Hopi boy, Joe Rogers. The new extended family must now learn to live together.

Cast

* Barbara Harris as Kathy Morrison *

as Pete Morrison * Tom Bosley as Al *

as Liz Morrison *

as Marge Reese *

as Miss Bergquist *Arianne Heller as Mary Morrison *Stephen Honanie as Joe Rogers *

as Freddie Wilcox *Eric Olson as Rob Morrison *Jina Tan as Quan Tran *Bob G. Anthony as Krause *Roger Price as The Doctor *Keith Hamilton as Milton *Jason Clark as Police Sergeant *Charles J. Samsill as Police Officer *Jophery Clifford Brown as Basketball Player *Rodney Hundley as Announcer *Darell T. Garretson as Referee *Calvin Brown as Santa Claus * Al McCoy as Voice of the

*Ron McIlwan as Walt Johnson

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* 1974 films 1974 comedy-drama films American comedy-drama films American independent films American basketball films Films about adoption Films directed by Melville Shavelson Films scored by Fred Karlin United Artists films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films {{comedy-drama-film-stub

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