For Love of Ivy

For Love of Ivy

101 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | July 17, 1968

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.

For Love of Ivy

101 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | July 17, 1968

For Love of Ivy
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Cinerama Productions Corp., Palomar Pictures International, ABC Pictures International
Original title For Love of Ivy
Directors Steve Barnett, Daniel Mann
Writers Robert Alan Aurthur, Sidney Poitier

Cast

Sidney Poitier

as Jack Parks

Abbey Lincoln

as Ivy Moore

Beau Bridges

as Tim Austin

Nan Martin

as Doris Austin

Lauri Peters

as Gena Austin

Carroll O'Connor

as Frank Austin

Leon Bibb

as Billy Talbot

Hugh Hurd

as Jerry

Lon Satton

as Harry

Stanley Greene

as Eddie

Paul Harris

as Dealer

Tony Major

as Dealer

Clark Morgan

as Dealer

Bob Carey

as Dealer

Marlene Clark

as Radio Phone Girl