Rent One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
3.7 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 17min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- From acclaimed director Larry Peerce (The Incident, Goodbye Columbus), comes this Academy Award nominated study of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Julie (Barbara Barrie), a young Midwestern mother, takes all the right steps to ensure a promising environment for her daughter. She relocates, gets a job and secures a legal divorce. When Julie falls in love with Frank (Bernie Hamilton), an African-American man who works at the same factory, her ex-husband, Joe (Richard Mulligan), takes her to court in the hopes of getting custody of their daughter. Frank is advised to flee to keep his new family together, but instead he confronts the biased system.
- Actors:
- Barbara Barrie, Bernie Hamilton, Richard Mulligan, Harry Bellaver, Martha L. Mericka, Robert Earl Jones, Vinnette Carroll, Anthony Spinelli, Faith Burwell, Jack Stamberger, Michael Shane, Kenny Bass, Joel Ehrlich, Dick Flaisman, Doris Helsel, Paul S. Orgill, Bea Pestotnik, John Pestotnik, Don Robertson, Dick Sodja
- Directors:
- Larry Peerce
- Producers:
- Anthony Spinelli
- Writers:
- Raphael Hayes, Orville H. Hampton
- Studio:
- Studio Canal (Optimum
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Acting Up: Top 10 Performances At Cannes, Top Films
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 13/10/2025
- Run Time:
- 80 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New - Breaking New Ground - An Interview with Barbara Barrie
- New - How We Made It: An Interview with Larry Peerce
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian and Critic Sergio Mims
- Introduction by Jean-Baptiste Thoret
- Analysis by Régis Dubois
