Soul Man

IMDb 5.2 1986 • 104 min • Comedy

Director

Steve Miner

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

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