Whity 1971 Whity is the mulatto butler of the dysfunctional Nicholson family in the south west U S in 1878 The father, Ben Nicholson, has an attractive young wife, Katherine, and two sons by a previous marriage the homosexual Frank and the disabled Davy Whity tries to carry out all their orders, however demeaning, until various of the family members ask him to kill some of the others