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Status
Released
Release
1986
Runtime
1h 44m
Available options inUS
"He didn't give up, he got down."
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.
33 Cast Members
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
