My Sweet Charlie

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My Sweet Charlie is a 1970 American made-for-television drama film, adapted from David Westheimer’s play, that explores the unlikely bond between a pregnant white runaway and a Black lawyer hiding from the law in the rural South.

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instanceOf television film
adaptationOf My Sweet Charlie (play) NERFINISHED
authorOfSourceWork David Westheimer NERFINISHED
award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role NERFINISHED
awardWinner Patty Duke NERFINISHED
basedOn My Sweet Charlie (play) NERFINISHED
castMember Al Freeman Jr. NERFINISHED
Beverly Gill NERFINISHED
Ford Rainey NERFINISHED
Louis Gossett Jr. NERFINISHED
Michael Strong NERFINISHED
Patty Duke NERFINISHED
cinematographer William W. Spencer NERFINISHED
composer Billy Goldenberg NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Lamont Johnson NERFINISHED
distributor NBC NERFINISHED
editor Edward M. Abroms NERFINISHED
executiveProducer Richard Levinson NERFINISHED
William Link NERFINISHED
format made-for-television film
genre drama
leadActor Al Freeman Jr. NERFINISHED
Patty Duke NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Charles Roberts NERFINISHED
Marlene Chambers NERFINISHED
medium television
networkPremiereCountry United States NERFINISHED
nominatedFor Golden Globe Award for Best TV Special NERFINISHED
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Program – Drama or Comedy NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork NBC
originalReleaseDate 1970-01-20
producer Stanley Shapiro NERFINISHED
productionCompany Universal Television NERFINISHED
protagonistDescription Black lawyer hiding from the law
pregnant white runaway
releaseYear 1970
runtimeMinutes 74
screenwriter Richard Levinson NERFINISHED
William Link NERFINISHED
setting rural South
theme interracial friendship
personal redemption
racism in the American South
social prejudice
writerOfSourcePlay David Westheimer NERFINISHED

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