Soul Man [12278] Released: 1986-10-24 Revenue: $35,000,000 Budget: $4,500,000 Profit: $30,500,000 Runtime: 104 mins Popularity: 1.3707 Vote Average: 5.317 Vote Count: 156 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 [34] C. Thomas HowellMark Watson Rae Dawn ChongSarah Walker Arye GrossGordon Bloomfeld James Earl JonesProfessor Banks Melora HardinWhitney Dunbar Leslie NielsenMr. Dunbar Ann WalkerMrs. Dunbar James B. SikkingBill Watson Max WrightDr. Aronson Jeff AltmanRay McGrady Julia Louis-DreyfusLisa Stimson Maree CheathamDorothy Watson Wallace LanghamBarky Brewer Eric SchiffBooey Fraser Ron ReaganFrank Mark NeelyBrad Small David ReynoldsErnie Wolfe PerryLeon Jerry PavlonBruce Wizansky Laurel GreenZendel John David BlandSeth Jonathan 'Fudge' LeonardGeorge Walker Felix NelsonMr. Walker Betty ColeMrs. Walker Bo MancusoBundy Dunbar Donald HottonMr. Wicher Linda HoyMrs. Sherwood Robert BurleighBouchard Man Jonathan WiseAndrew Amy StochKim Paul O'BrienOfficer Schkolni M.C. GaineyJail Cell Bigot Freddie DawsonD.J. Scott L. TregerHarvard Basketba Trailers Soul Man - C. Thomas Howell - Trailer