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Soul Man

He didn't give up, he got down.

5.353 average rating
5.353
English / 104 MIN. / 1986

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

C. Thomas HowellRae Dawn ChongArye GrossJames Earl JonesMelora HardinLeslie NielsenAnn WalkerJames B. SikkingMax WrightJeff AltmanJulia Louis-DreyfusMaree CheathamWallace LanghamEric SchiffRon ReaganMark NeelyDavid ReynoldsWolfe PerryJerry PavlonLaurel GreenJohn David BlandJonathan 'Fudge' LeonardFelix NelsonBetty ColeBo MancusoDonald HottonLinda HoyRobert BurleighJonathan WiseAmy StochPaul O'BrienM.C. GaineyFreddie Dawson

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