Soul Man (movie)

Soul Man (movie)

  • User score: 5.4
  • Production country: United States of America
  • Producer: Steve Miner
  • Production companies: The Steve Tisch Company
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Budget: $4,500,000
  • Revenue: $35,000,000
  • Release date: 10/24/1986
  • Run time: 104 min.

Movie description

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.

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C. Thomas Howell

C. Thomas Howell

Role(s): Mark Watson

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Rae Dawn Chong

Rae Dawn Chong

Role(s): Sarah Walker

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Arye Gross

Arye Gross

Role(s): Gordon Bloomfeld

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James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Role(s): Professor Banks

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Melora Hardin

Melora Hardin

Role(s): Whitney Dunbar

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