Soul Man

5.306

104 minutes

10/24/1986

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 List

C. Thomas Howell
as Mark Watson
Rae Dawn Chong
as Sarah Walker
Arye Gross
as Gordon Bloomfeld
James Earl Jones
as Professor Banks
Melora Hardin
as Whitney Dunbar
Leslie Nielsen
as Mr. Dunbar
Ann Walker
as Mrs. Dunbar
James B. Sikking
as Bill Watson
Max Wright
as Dr. Aronson
Jeff Altman
as Ray McGrady
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
as Lisa Stimson
Maree Cheatham
as Dorothy Watson
Wallace Langham
as Barky Brewer
Eric Schiff
as Booey Fraser
Ron Reagan
as Frank
Mark Neely
as Brad Small
David Reynolds
as Ernie
Wolfe Perry
as Leon
Jerry Pavlon
as Bruce Wizansky
Laurel Green
as Zendel
John David Bland
as Seth
Jonathan 'Fudge' Leonard
as George Walker
Felix Nelson
as Mr. Walker
Betty Cole
as Mrs. Walker
Bo Mancuso
as Bundy Dunbar
Donald Hotton
as Mr. Wicher
Linda Hoy
as Mrs. Sherwood
Robert Burleigh
as Bouchard Man
Jonathan Wise
as Andrew
Amy Stoch
as Kim
Paul O'Brien
as Officer Schkolnick
M.C. Gainey
as Jail Cell Bigot
Freddie Dawson
as D.J.
Scott L. Treger
as Harvard Basketball Player (uncredited)