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Soul Man 1986 Directed by Steve Miner

He didn't give up, he got down.

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Comedy
Production Company The Steve Tisch Company
Budget $4,500,000
Revenue $35,000,000
Release Date 24 October 1986
104 mins
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
Wallace Langham Barky Brewer
Eric Schiff Booey Fraser
Mark Neely Brad Small
Jerry Pavlon Bruce Wizansky
Felix Nelson Mr. Walker
Betty Cole Mrs. Walker
Bo Mancuso Bundy Dunbar
Donald Hotton Mr. Wicher
Linda Hoy Mrs. Sherwood
Robert Burleigh Bouchard Man
Paul O'Brien Officer Schkolnick
M.C. Gainey Jail Cell Bigot
Scott L. Treger Harvard Basketball Player (uncredited)