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My Sweet Charlie

My Sweet Charlie

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My Sweet Charlie

1970

1h 37m

6.8(5 votes)

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

A pregnant white Southern girl and a black New York lawyer, both on the run in rural Texas, meet up in a boarded-up, abandoned house and realize they both need each other in order to survive.

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Universal Television

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Cast & crew

8 featured cast members

Starring

Patty Duke

Patty Duke

Marlene Chambers

Al Freeman Jr.

Al Freeman Jr.

Charles Roberts

Ford Rainey

Ford Rainey

Treadwell

William Hardy

Mr. Larrabee

Chris Wilson

Mrs. Larrabee

Archie Moore

Morgan

Noble Willingham

Noble Willingham

Grady

Dave Ward

Sheriff

Creative team

Directed by: Lamont Johnson
Produced by: Richard Levinson
William Link

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