Storyline
A caucasian 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.
Released
10/24/1986
Runtime
1h 44min
Director
Budget
$4,500,000
Revenue
$35,000,000
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
The Steve Tisch Company
Cast
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
David Reynolds
Ernie
Wolfe Perry
Leon
Jerry Pavlon
Bruce Wizansky
Laurel Green
Zendel
John David Bland
Seth
Jonathan 'Fudge' Leonard
George Walker
Felix Nelson
Mr. Walker
Betty Cole
Mrs. Walker
Bo Mancuso
Bundy Dunbar
Donald Hotton
Mr. Wicher
Linda Hoy
Mrs. Sherwood
Robert Burleigh
Bouchard Man
Jonathan Wise
Andrew
Amy Stoch
Kim
Paul O'Brien
Officer Schkolnick
M.C. Gainey
Jail Cell Bigot
Freddie Dawson
D.J.
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