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Soul Man

10/24/1986

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1hr 44min

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Comedy

He didn't give up, he got down.

STORY

A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • C. Thomas Howell
  • Rae Dawn Chong
  • Arye Gross
  • James Earl Jones
  • Melora Hardin

    Directors

  • Steve Miner
  • Karen Golden
  • Doug Lefler
  • Neal Marlens
  • Betsy Magruder

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • The Steve Tisch Company

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

C. Thomas Howell

Mark Watson

Rae Dawn Chong

Sarah Walker

Arye Gross

Gordon Bloomfeld

James Earl Jones

Professor Banks

Melora Hardin

Whitney Dunbar

Leslie Nielsen

Mr. Dunbar

Ann Walker

Mrs. Dunbar

James B. Sikking

Bill Watson

Max Wright

Dr. Aronson

Jeff Altman

Ray McGrady

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