Soul Man

Synopsis

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.

Details

Director

Steve Miner

Release

October 24, 1986

Status

Released

Country

United States of America

Network

The Steve Tisch Company

Runtime

1h 44m

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Where to watch

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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
• 
  Julia Louis-Dreyfus

  Lisa Stimson
• 
  Maree Cheatham

  Dorothy Watson

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