A Patch of Blue
- Original title
- A Patch of Blue
- Year
- 1965
- Running time
- 105 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Guy Green. Novel: Elizabeth Kata
- Cast
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- Elizabeth Hartman
- Sidney Poitier
- Shelley Winters
- Wallace Ford
- Ivan Dixon
- Elisabeth Fraser
- John Qualen
- Kelly Flynn
- Debi Storm
- Renata Vanni
- Saverio LoMedico
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- Music
- Cinematography
Robert Burks (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Racism. Disability. Blindness
- Synopsis
- A young blind woman, living with her prostitute mother and sheltered inside most of her life, meets a black man, who, resisting family pressures, falls in love with her, puts her into a school for the blind, and promises to marry her.
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- Awards
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1966: BAFTA Awards: Nominated to Best Foreign Actor (Poitier)1965: Oscar: Best Supporting Actress (Shelley Winters). 5 Nominations1965: Golden Globes: Most Promising Newcomer - Female (Hartman). 6 Nominations1965: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Drama Screenplay
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