judge asks her about her baby brother being "different" from her, the only thought that occurs to her is that her brother is a boy, while she is a girl. The judge recognizes that the family situation in the Richards home is superior for Ellen in every way except for the fact that she is white, growing up in a black household. While the judge does not condone racial prejudices and agrees that they should be fought, he also says that he cannot ignore that they exist and, if Ellen remains with Frank and Julie, will negatively impact her when she reaches adulthood. For that reason, he grants Joe's petition for custody. When Joe arrives to pick up Ellen, she is excited, initially under the impression that her father is taking her for a short visit from which she will soon return. When she finally realizes that she's being sent to live with him permanently and that her brother is remaining behind, she assumes that she is being punished for having misbehaved in some way. Joe loads Ellen and her clothes into a taxi as the family looks on in sorrow. As the taxi drives away with Joe and Ellen in the back seat, she helplessly presses her face against the car's rear window, shouting back to her mother, pleading to be allowed to stay and promising that she will be a good girl. Cast Barbara Barrie as Julie Cullen Richards Bernie Hamilton as Frank Richards Richard Mulligan as Joe Cullen Harry Bellaver as Judge Powell Marti Mericka as Ellen Mary Robert Earl Jones as William Richards Vinnette Carroll as Martha Richards Sam Weston as Johnny Hruska Faith Burwell as Ann Hruska Jack Stamberger as The Minister Michael Shane as Jordan Hollis Additional information One Potato, Two Potato was shot in and around the small city of Painesville in northeastern Ohio. For her role as Julie Cullen Richards, Barrie won the Best Actress award at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, in a tie with Anne Bancroft for The Pumpkin Eater. The screenplay, written by Orville H. Hampton and Raphael Hayes, was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 1964 Academy Awards, losing to Father Goose. The film preceded the more famous Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and the subject of interracial marriage by three years. See also List of American films of 1964 References External links 1964 films 1964 romantic