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Soul Man

19861h 44m5.3/ 10 · TMDB · 173 votes
Comedy

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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Directed by Steve Miner

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

C. Thomas Howell
C. Thomas Howell

Mark Watson

Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong

Sarah Walker

Arye Gross
Arye Gross

Gordon Bloomfeld

James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones

Professor Banks

Melora Hardin
Melora Hardin

Whitney Dunbar

Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen

Mr. Dunbar

Ann Walker
Ann Walker

Mrs. Dunbar

James B. Sikking
James B. Sikking

Bill Watson

Max Wright
Max Wright

Dr. Aronson

Jeff Altman
Jeff Altman

Ray McGrady

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Film details

Released24 Oct 1986
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Lisa Stimson

Maree Cheatham
Maree Cheatham

Dorothy Watson