Director Steve Miner
Screenplay Carol Black
Soul Man
Comedy1986
Tagline: He didn't give up, he got down.
Release Date: 1986-10-24
Duration: 104 minutes
Synopsis
A caucasian 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.
Casting
- James Earl JonesProfessor Banks
- Leslie NielsenMr. Dunbar
- C. Thomas HowellMark Watson
- Melora HardinWhitney Dunbar
- Rae Dawn ChongSarah Walker
- James B. SikkingBill Watson
- Julia Louis-DreyfusLisa Stimson
- Wallace LanghamBarky Brewer
- Maree CheathamDorothy Watson
- M.C. GaineyJail Cell Bigot
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