Film

Soul Man

1986 · 1h 44m · Comedy

He didn't give up, he got down.

IMDb

5.3

Rotten Tomatoes

17%

Metacritic

33

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.

C. Thomas Howell

Mark Watson

Rae Dawn Chong

Sarah Walker

Arye Gross

Gordon Bloomfeld

James Earl Jones

Professor Banks

Melora Hardin

Whitney Dunbar

Leslie Nielsen

Mr. Dunbar

Ann Walker

Mrs. Dunbar

James B. Sikking

Bill Watson

Max Wright

Dr. Aronson

Jeff Altman

Ray McGrady

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Lisa Stimson

Maree Cheatham

Dorothy Watson

Wallace Langham

Barky Brewer

Eric Schiff

Booey Fraser

Ron Reagan

Frank

Mark Neely

Brad Small

• Steve MinerDirector
• Carol BlackScreenplay
• Steve TischProducer
• Jeffrey JurDirector of Photography
• Tom ScottOriginal Music Composer
• David FinferEditor
• Melissa SkoffCasting

Soul Man - C. Thomas Howell - Trailer

Release date

October 24, 1986

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$4,500,000

Revenue

$35,000,000

Genres

Comedy

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