''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 and

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It was based on the 1964 play '' Dutchman'' by

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(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

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at the

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, where Shirley Knight received the

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for best actress. Bosley Crowther wrote a critical review of the film in the New York Times.

Cast

* Shirley Knight as Lula *

as Clay

References

External links

* 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 {{1960s-UK-film-stub