What is the duration of For Love of Ivy?

The duration of For Love of Ivy is 101 mins.

What is the original language of For Love of Ivy?

The original language of For Love of Ivy is English.

Who directed For Love of Ivy?

For Love of Ivy was directed by Daniel Mann, Robert Miller.

Which studio made For Love of Ivy?

For Love of Ivy was produced by ABC Pictures International.

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Q: Does For Love of Ivy have end credit scenes?

For Love of Ivy does not have end credit scenes.

Comedy

Romance

Runtime

101 mins

Language

English

Sidney Poitier stars in a warm comedy about a long‑time Black maid who tells the white family she works for that she plans to return to school and leave. The family’s 20‑something son, thinking she needs a change, tries to set her up with a gentleman who will court her but not marry her, hoping the romance will distract her from her plans. The man he finds proves reluctant to cooperate.

ABC Pictures International

Studio

Daniel Mann

Director

Robert Miller

Director

Does For Love of Ivy have end credit scenes?

No!

For Love of Ivy does not have end credit scenes. You can leave when the credits roll.

Meet the Full Cast and Actors of For Love of Ivy

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Sidney Poitier

Jack Parks

Beau Bridges

Tim Austin

Doris McCarthy

Glamorous Gambler (uncredited)

Jennifer O'Neill

Sandy

Abbey Lincoln

Ivy Moore

Hugh Hurd

Jerry

Christopher St. John

Dealer

Carroll O'Connor

Frank Austin

Stanley Greene

Eddie

Marlene Clark

Radio Phone Girl

Paul Harris

Dealer

Gloria Hendry

Cocktail Waitress

Kōko Mori

Japanese Waitress

Leon Bibb

Billy Talbot

Nan Martin

Doris Austin

Lon Satton

Harry

Jerome Collamore

Mr. Vidal

Anita Dangler

Mrs. Kling

Maeve McGuire

Cashier

Madge West

Mrs. Vidal

Clark Morgan

Dealer

Sharon Henesy

Wiggy

Tony Major

Dealer

Robert Bannard

Freddie

John Servetnik

Shipping Clerk

Lauri Peters

Gena Austin

Bob Carey

Dealer

Laura Greene

Radio Phone Girl

Lani Miyazaki

Radio Phone Girl

Lisa Moore

Cocktail Waitress

Yolande Toussaint

Cocktail Waitress

Gina Harding

Cocktail Waitress

Willis Pinkett

Bartender

William Matthews

Partal Driver

Josip Elic

Off-Broadway Family

William Glenesk

Off-Broadway Family

Cordy Clark

Off-Broadway Family

Hope Stansbury

Off-Broadway Family

Nobuko Uenishi

Japanese Waitress

Kedaki Turner

Japanese Waitress

Peter Dohanos

Dr. Morgan

Elliot Wood

Milkman

Joseph Attles

Doorman

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Full Plot Summary and Ending Explained for For Love of Ivy

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Ivy Moore, Abbey Lincoln, a 27-year-old African-American woman, has worked as a maid for the department-store-owning Austin family of Long Island, New York, for nine years, since being brought from Florida, where she was raised by her grandmother. Despite protestations that they treat her as part of the family, she announces her decision to leave her job and go to secretarial school to improve her situation.

The Austins are desperate to keep her, and the teenagers, Gena Lauri Peters and Tim, hatch a scheme to do so. Tim Austin, Beau Bridges, sets up Ivy with Jack Parks, Sidney Poitier, a trucking company executive, to wine and dine Ivy. Tim persuades a reluctant Parks to date Ivy, and applies pressure by threatening to reveal his illegal gambling casino, which operates at night in the back of a large, long-distance truck.

Their initial meetings are awkward for the cosmopolitan Parks and Moore as they visit a Japanese restaurant and a bohemian nightclub in Manhattan. Eventually, romance blossoms, but when Moore learns that Parks was coerced into initially dating her, she breaks up with him.

Parks, leaving behind his bachelor ways, asks Moore to leave with him for New York City. She accepts. As they begin to plan their departure, they witness the illegal casino being pulled over and everyone inside arrested after the Austins had called the police.

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Cars Featured in For Love of Ivy

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Cadillac

1964

Fleetwood 75

Cadillac

1967

Fleetwood 75

Chevrolet

1964

Impala

Divco

206

Dodge

1968

Coronet

Eagle

1962

Model 01

Ford

1967

Custom

Ford

1961

Galaxie

GMC

1966

HM-Series

GMC

1961

PD 4106

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