For Love of Ivy
For Love of Ivy
Release: 1968-07-17
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 5.8
Comedy
Romance
A white family has had the same Black maid for many years. When she tells them she wants to go back to school and will be leaving soon, the 20ish year old son decides what she needs is a change and begins searching for a man to wine and dine her, but who won't marry her, thinking that this will distract her from her plans. The man he finds doesn't entirely cooperate.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
ABC Pictures International
Cinerama Productions
Palomar Pictures International
Cast
Gloria Hendry
as Cocktail Waitress
Beau Bridges
as Tim Austin
Lauri Peters
as Gena Austin
Leon Bibb
as Billy Talbot
Jennifer O'Neill
as Sandy
Sidney Poitier
as Jack Parks
Marlene Clark
as Radio Phone Girl
Doris McCarthy
as Glamorous Gambler (uncredited)
Christopher St. John
as Dealer
Kōko Mori
as Japanese Waitress
Anita Dangler
as Mrs. Kling
Abbey Lincoln
as Ivy Moore
Josip Elic
as Off-Broadway Family
Maeve McGuire
as Cashier
Hope Stansbury
as Off-Broadway Family
Lon Satton
as Harry
Paul Harris
as Dealer
Nan Martin
as Doris Austin
Carroll O'Connor
as Frank Austin
Hugh Hurd
as Jerry
Laura Greene
as Radio Phone Girl