One Potato, Two Potato is a 1964 black-and-white drama film directed by Larry Peerce The principal roles are played by Barbara Barrie and Bernie Hamilton.

The storyline revolves around the difficulties faced by an interracial marriage between an African-American office worker and a white divorcee. The climax of the film is a highly emotional courtroom custody case in which the woman's angry ex-husband demands custody of their daughter, charging that the child's welfare is threatened by the environment created by the marriage.

For her role as Julie Cullen Richards, Barrie won the Best Actress award at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival.

Principal cast

• Barbara Barrie as Julie Cullen Richards
• Bernie Hamilton as Frank Richards
• Harry Bellaver as Judge Powell
• Faith Burwell as Ann Hruska
• Vinnette Carroll as Martha Richards
• Robert Earl Jones as William Richards
• Marti Mericka as Ellen Mary
• Richard Mulligan as Joe Cullen

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