A Patch of Blue

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Release year: 1965

Storyline

A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life by introducing her to the outside world.

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Awards

1 win & 4 nominations

Did you know

• Shelley Winters hated her role as "Rose-Ann", primarily because, as a supporter of the Civil Rights Movement, she was very uncomfortable playing a racist. Winters actually was overwhelmed and speechless the night she won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

• Elizabeth Hartman wore a pair of opaque contact lenses that not only made her appear blind, but genuinely deprived her of her sight.

• Patty Duke was offered the lead part of Selina D'Arcy. Her managers, John and Ethel Ross, did not want her to take the part because they felt that playing a blind person so close to the time she portrayed Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (1962) would stereotype her for future roles.

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Technical specs

Sound mix

Mono

Aspect ratio

2.35 : 1

Color

Black and White

FAQ

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