<P> 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 . </P> <P> The story was influenced by Roman Holiday and Love Story . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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