I Passed for White (1960)
I look white... I married white... Now I must live with a secret that can destroy us both!
A young woman falls in love and marries, but withholds from her husband information about her family.
- Date of release
- 1960-03-18
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Fred M. Wilcox
Casting
- Sonya Wilde — Bernice Lee
- James Franciscus — Rick Leyton
- Patricia Michon — Sally Roberts
- Elizabeth Council — Ann Leyton
- Griffin Crafts — Mr. Leyton
- Isabel Cooley — Bertha
- Jimmy Lydon — Jay Morgan
- Thomas Browne Henry — Dr. Merritt
- Max Mellinger — Mr. Gordon
- Phyllis Cole — Nurse
- Calvin Jackson — Eddie - in Dance Studio
- Lon Ballantyne — Chuck
Interesting facts
I Passed for White is a 1960 American drama film directed and adapted for the screen by Fred M. Wilcox from a novel of the same title by "Reba Lee, as told to" Mary Hastings Bradley. The film stars Sonya Wilde and James Franciscus and features Jimmy Lydon, Patricia Michon, and Isabel Cooley. It was released by Allied Artists on March 18, 1960.
Production
A white actress was cast as the producers felt many white audience members would not want to see an inter-racial relationship between two actors on the screen.
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