Soul Man (1986)

ALL 10/24/1986 (en) Comedy 104 Min
  • Release
    10/24/1986
  • Production
    The Steve Tisch Company
  • Rotten tomato
    53.34%
  • Original title
    Soul Man
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 35,000,000.00
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He didn't give up, he got down.

Overview

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.

  1. Steve Miner

    Director

  2. Story

  3. David Finfer

    Editor

  4. Steve Tisch

    Producer



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  1. C. Thomas Howell

    Mark Watson

  2. Rae Dawn Chong

    Sarah Walker

  3. Arye Gross

    Gordon Bloomfeld

  4. James Earl Jones

    Professor Banks

  5. Melora Hardin

    Whitney Dunbar

  6. Leslie Nielsen

    Mr. Dunbar

  7. Ann Walker

    Mrs. Dunbar

  8. James B. Sikking

    Bill Watson

  9. Max Wright

    Dr. Aronson

  10. Jeff Altman

    Ray McGrady

  11. Julia Louis-Dreyfus

    Lisa Stimson

  12. Maree Cheatham

    Dorothy Watson

  13. Wallace Langham

    Barky Brewer

  14. Eric Schiff

    Booey Fraser

  15. Ron Reagan

    Frank

  16. Mark Neely

    Brad Small

  17. David Reynolds

    Ernie

  18. Wolfe Perry

    Leon

  19. Jerry Pavlon

    Bruce Wizansky

  20. Laurel Green

    Zendel

  21. John David Bland

    Seth

  22. Jonathan 'Fudge' Leonard

    George Walker

  23. Felix Nelson

    Mr. Walker

  24. Betty Cole

    Mrs. Walker

  25. Bo Mancuso

    Bundy Dunbar

  26. Donald Hotton

    Mr. Wicher

  27. Linda Hoy

    Mrs. Sherwood

  28. Robert Burleigh

    Bouchard Man

  29. Jonathan Wise

    Andrew

  30. Amy Stoch

    Kim

  31. Paul O'Brien

    Officer Schkolnick

  32. M.C. Gainey

    Jail Cell Bigot

  33. Freddie Dawson

    D.J.

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 33 , Crews : 72

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Soul Man (1986) 104 Min

ALL 10/24/1986 (en)
Comedy
  • Release 10/24/1986
  • Production
    The Steve Tisch Company
  • Original title Soul Man
  • en
  • Revenue35,000,000.00

He didn't give up, he got down.

Overview

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.

  1. Steve Miner

    Director

  2. Story

  3. David Finfer

    Editor

  4. Steve Tisch

    Producer