Dutchman

Dutchman

When a girl like Lula gets with a guy like Clay - She can love him... or kill him - Or maybe both!

1966 · 55 min · ★ 4.8 · Drama

A young conservative black man, minding his own business, rides a nearly empty subway car. The only other passenger, a blonde vixen looking for trouble, sizes him up. Sexual tension, racial bigotry and righteous fury collide in a razor's edge confrontation between this unlikely pair.

Directed by Anthony Harvey · Written by Amiri Baraka

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