Plot Summary
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.
Full Cast & Characters
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
Director & Crew
Steve Miner
Director
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It has an IMDb rating of 5.3/10 based on 166 votes.
Who directed Soul Man?
Soul Man was directed by Steve Miner and released in 1986.
How long is Soul Man?
Soul Man has a runtime of 1 hours and 44 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1986-10-24
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Box Office
- $35.0M
- Status
- Released