Soul Man
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Soul Man

“He didn't give up, he got down.”

★ 5.2/10 TMDB 1986-10-24 104 min

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.

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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
Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen
Mr. Dunbar
Ann Walker
Ann Walker
Mrs. Dunbar
James B. Sikking
James B. Sikking
Bill Watson
Max Wright
Max Wright
Dr. Aronson
Jeff Altman
Jeff Altman
Ray McGrady
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Lisa Stimson
Maree Cheatham
Maree Cheatham
Dorothy Watson
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