I Passed for White

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I Passed for White
Theatrical poster to I Passed for White
Directed by	Fred M. Wilcox
Produced by	Fred M. Wilcox
Written by	Fred M. Wilcox Mary Hastings Bradley (novel) Reba Lee (novel)
Starring	Sonya Wilde James Franciscus
Music by	Jerry Irvin John Williams
Cinematography	George J. Folsey
Editing by	George White
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures
Release date(s)	March 18, 1960
Running time	93 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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I Passed for White is a 1960 film directed and adapted for the screen by Fred M. Wilcox from a novel of the same name by Reba Lee "as told to" Mary Hastings Bradley. The film stars Sonya Wilde, James Franciscus, Patricia Michon, and Isabel Cooley.

The film was released by Televista on March 18, 1960. In the movie a young African American woman living in Chicago with her family travels to New York and starts a new life as a white woman. She meets and marries the man of her dreams--only she hasn't told him she is is not who she appears to be. He and his rich family and friends are white. Eventually, she and her husband divorce. She then returns to her family in Chicago and her original identity.