| Black Like Me | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Carl Lerner |
| Produced by | Julius Tannenbaum |
| Screenplay by | Carl Lerner Gerda Lerner Paul Green (uncredited) |
| Based on | Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin |
| Starring | James Whitmore |
| Music by | Meyer Kupferman |
| Cinematography | Victor Lukens Henry Mueller II |
| Editing by | Lora Hays |
| Studio | The Hilltop Company |
| Distributed by | Continental Distributing |
| Release date(s) | May 20, 1964 |
| Running time | 107 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Latin |
Black Like Me is a 1964 American drama film co-written (with Gerda Lerner) and directed by Carl Lerner, based on the book of the same name. The film stars James Whitmore, Sorrell Booke, and Roscoe Lee Browne.
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John Finley Horton (James Whitmore) is a White American journalist who artificially darkens his skin and passes for a black man in the deep South, from New Orleans to Atlanta, where he encounters a great deal of racism from both white and black peoples.