Soul Man

October. 24,1986      PG-13
Rating:
5.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

C. Thomas Howell as  Mark Watson
Rae Dawn Chong as  Sarah Walker
Arye Gross as  Gordon Bloomfeld
James Earl Jones as  Professor Banks
Melora Hardin as  Whitney Dunbar
Leslie Nielsen as  Mr. Dunbar
Ann Walker as  Mrs. Dunbar
James B. Sikking as  Bill Watson
Max Wright as  Dr. Aronson
Jeff Altman as  Ray McGrady

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