Soul Man Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

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Released Date

October 24, 1986

Distributor

New World Pictures

Genre

Comedy

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$27,820,000 + $0 = $27,820,000

Cast

C Thomas Howell, James Earl Jones, Melora Hardin, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Leslie Nielsen, Rae Dawn Chong, Ron Reagan, Wallace Langham, James Sikking

C Thomas Howell

as Mark Watson

James Earl Jones

as Professor Banks

Melora Hardin

as Whitney Dunbar

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

as Lisa Stimson

1926-2010

Leslie Nielsen

as Mr. Dunbar

Rae Dawn Chong

as Sarah Walker

Ron Reagan

as Frank

Wallace Langham

as Barky Brewer

James Sikking

as Bill Watson

About Soul Man

To achieve his dream of attending Harvard, a pampered teen poses as a young black man to receive a full scholarship.

About

A comedy about a white law student who pretends to be black in order to qualify for a Harvard scholarship. Ron Reagan, son of then-president Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan, had a small role in the film.

Trivia

Members of the NAACP criticized the film for featuring a white actor wearing dark makeup to appear African-American.