Honky (1971)
A love story...of hate
Sheila, an affluent black teenager, begins dating working class white teen Wayne, and asks him for help to sell a kilo of marijuana.
- Date of release
- 1971-11-26
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Director
- William A. Graham
Casting
- Brenda Sykes — Shelia Smith
- John Neilson — Wayne 'Honky' Divine
- Maia Danziger — Sharon
- Lincoln Kilpatrick — Fabulous Traveling Shoes
- John Lasell — Archer Divine
- William Marshall — Dr. Craig Smith
- Marion Ross — Mrs. Divine
- Amentha Dymally — Mrs. Smith
- Glynn Turman — Sailor at Bus Station
- John Hillerman — Bus Ticket Salesman
- Matt Clark
- Belinda Palmer
Interesting facts
Honky is a 1971 romance film directed by William Graham that depicts the love story of Sheila Smith and Wayne "Honky" Devine, an interracial high school couple. The tagline for the movie was "A love story... of hate". It was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for "Something More" by Quincy Jones and Bradford Craig at the 29th Golden Globes.
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