Soul Man

Soul Man

104 mins | Comedy | Oct. 24, 1986

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.

Soul Man

104 mins | Comedy | Oct. 24, 1986

Soul Man
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.
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers The Steve Tisch Company
Original title Soul Man
Directors Betsy Magruder, Josh King, Karen Golden, Steve Miner, Stuart B. Hagen
Writers Carol Black

Cast

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

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

as Lisa Stimson

Maree Cheatham

as Dorothy Watson

Wallace Langham

as Barky Brewer

Eric Schiff

as Booey Fraser

Ron Reagan

as Frank

Mark Neely

as Brad Small

David Reynolds

as Ernie

Wolfe Perry

as Leon

Jerry Pavlon

as Bruce Wizansky

Laurel Green

as Zendel

Jonathan 'Fudge' Leonard

as George Walker

Felix Nelson

as Mr. Walker

Betty Cole

as Mrs. Walker

Bo Mancuso

as Bundy Dunbar

Donald Hotton

as Mr. Wicher

Linda Hoy

as Mrs. Sherwood

Robert Burleigh

as Bouchard Man

Jonathan Wise

as Andrew

Amy Stoch

as Kim

Paul O'Brien

as Officer Schkolnick

M.C. Gainey

as Jail Cell Bigot

Freddie Dawson

as D.J.