Soul Man
1986 · Movie · PG-13 · 104 min · ★ 5.3
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.
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Details
- Years
- 1986
- Release date
- 1986-10-24
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 104 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 (167 votes)
Themes
- scholarship
- secret identity
- harvard university
- college
- los angeles, california
Cast & crew
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
Directed by Steve Miner