---
title: 'A Patch of Blue (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Guy Green'
released: '1965-12-10'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-patch-of-blue-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059573/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Patch of Blue (1965)

1965 · 105 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

A Patch of Blue is a 1965 American drama film directed and written by Guy Green about the friendship between an educated black man and an illiterate, blind, white 18-year-old girl, and the problems that plague their friendship in a racially divided America. Made in 1965 against the backdrop of the growing civil rights movement, the film explores racism while playing on the idea that "love is blind."

## Credits

- **Director:** [Guy Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-green)
- **Screenplay:** [Guy Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-green)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerry Goldsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-goldsmith)
- **Producer:** [Pandro S. Berman](https://cinepixo.com/people/pandro-s-berman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Burks](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-burks)
- **Editor:** [Rita Roland](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-roland)

## Cast

- [Sidney Poitier](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-poitier)
- [Wallace Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-ford)
- [Renata Vanni](https://cinepixo.com/people/renata-vanni)
- [Ivan Dixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-dixon)
- [Tom Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-curtis)
- [Elizabeth Hartman](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-hartman)
- [John Qualen](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-qualen)
- [Shelley Winters](https://cinepixo.com/people/shelley-winters)
- [Elisabeth Fraser](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-fraser)

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