
92 minutes
8/6/1981
A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-exclusively-white upper-middle-class community of San Marino, California.

Denzel Washington
as Roger Porter

George Segal
as Walter Whitney

Susan Saint James
as Vivian Whitney

Jack Warden
as Nelson Longhurst

Paul Winfield
as Bob Garvey

Macon McCalman
as Tubby Wederholt
Vicky Dawson
as Mary Ann

Parley Baer
as Dr. Bristol

Dick Martin
as Victor Bard

Carmen Filpi
as Wino

Tom Poston
as Reverend Hayworth
Kenneth White
as Burly Man

Vernon Weddle
as Wardlow
Edward Marshall
as Freddie
Angelina Estrada
as Bianca
Ed Call
as Basketball Father

Greg Finley
as 1st Guard

Warren Munson
as 2nd Guard

Lee Garlington
as (uncredited)

Jim Greenleaf
as Basketball Boy
Helen Baron
as Secretary

Patrick Wright
as Truck Driver
Ned Monell
as Policeman
Jeremy Smith
as Policeman