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#36 Box Office Hit of 1986

Soul Man (1986)

"He didn't give up, he got down."

Overview

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.

Cast

  • C. Thomas Howell

    Mark Watson

    C. Thomas Howell

  • Rae Dawn Chong

    Sarah Walker

    Rae Dawn Chong

  • Arye Gross

    Gordon Bloomfeld

    Arye Gross

  • James Earl Jones

    Professor Banks

    James Earl Jones

  • Melora Hardin

    Whitney Dunbar

    Melora Hardin

  • Leslie Nielsen

    Mr. Dunbar

    Leslie Nielsen

  • Ann Walker

    Mrs. Dunbar

    Ann Walker

  • James B. Sikking

    Bill Watson

    James B. Sikking

  • Max Wright

    Dr. Aronson

    Max Wright

  • Jeff Altman

    Ray McGrady

    Jeff Altman

  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus

    Lisa Stimson

    Julia Louis-Dreyfus

  • Maree Cheatham

    Dorothy Watson

    Maree Cheatham

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