Two people from different backgrounds are hiding out in a Texas beach house that has been closed for the season. Marleen Chambers (Patty Duke), a poor Southern white teenager, who is unmarried and pregnant, is running away from her parents. Charles Roberts (Al Freeman, Jr.) is a black lawyer from New York. He came to the South to get involved with the civil rights struggle and killed a white man in self defense. He is fleeing from the police out of fear that he won't receive justice. Marleen has broken into the house first and resents the intrusion of the "uppity Nigra" from the North. Charlie is appalled by Marleen's ignorance and prejudice. The two fugitives clash at first, but eventually come to like and trust each other while trying to survive.
Strong performances by the two leads (Duke won an Emmy Award for Best Actress) and a believable, no-holds-barred script make this worth seeing.
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| Patty Duke with her Emmy Award for Best Actress in MY SWEET CHARLIE |
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