A Warm December - Wikipedia A Warm December This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2017 ) A Warm December Directed by Sidney Poitier Written by Lawrence Roman Starring Sidney Poitier Esther Anderson Music by Coleridge - Taylor Perkinson Edited by Pembroke J. Herring Production company First Artists Distributed by National General Pictures Release date May 23, 1973 ( 1973 - 05 - 23 ) Running time 101 minutes Country United States Language English Box office $1,600,000 ( US / Canada rentals ) A Warm December is a 1973 romance film directed by Sidney Poitier and starring him in the lead role as Dr. Matt Younger. It also starred Jamaican actress Esther Anderson as Catherine, Matt 's love interest. Anderson 's role of an African princess won her a NAACP Image Award for Best Actress in 1973. It is also notable for an appearance of Letta Mbulu 's singing `` Nonqonqo '' with an African choir, written by Miriam Makeba. Coleridge - Taylor Perkinson wrote and conducted the score. The story was influenced by Roman Holiday and Love Story. Plot Dr. Matt Younger ( Poitier ) is a recently widowed American, who takes his daughter ( Yvette Curtis ) on a month long vacation in London. While there, he meets Catherine ( Anderson ), the daughter of an African Ambassador ( Earl Cameron ( actor ) ). As the pair begin to develop feelings for one another, Dr. Younger learns that the men following Catherine are her bodyguards that protect her, not only because she is the daughter of an important ambassador, but also because she has a Sickle - cell disease. When Dr. Younger proposes, Catherine must decide between love and loyalty to her country. References Jump up ^ `` Big Rental Films of 1973 '', Variety, 9 January 1974 p 60 Jump up ^ `` Warm December ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 18. External links A Warm December on IMDb A Warm December at the TCM Movie Database Films directed by Sidney Poitier Buck and the Preacher ( 1972 ) A Warm December ( 1973 ) Uptown Saturday Night ( 1974 ) Let 's Do It Again ( 1975 ) A Piece of the Action ( 1977 ) Stir Crazy ( 1980 ) Hanky Panky ( 1982 ) Fast Forward ( 1985 ) Ghost Dad ( 1990 ) This article about a romantic drama film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Warm_December&oldid=837131294 '' Categories : 1973 films English - language films American films Films directed by Sidney Poitier 1970s romantic drama films Films shot at Pinewood Studios American romantic drama films First Artists films Romantic drama film stubs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from October 2017 All articles needing additional references All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from December 2017 All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 18 April 2018, at 22 : 34. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who played sidney poitier's daughter in a warm december
Answer: Yvette Curtis