

Information
Release DateOctober 24, 1986
Runtime1h 44m
StatusReleased
Budget$5M
Revenue$35M
ProductionThe Steve Tisch Company
LanguagesEnglish
5.3
155 votesPopularity1
Synopsis
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 & Crew
Director

Featured Cast

C. Thomas Howell
Mark Watson

Rae Dawn Chong
Sarah Walker

Arye Gross
Gordon Bloomfeld

James Earl Jones
Professor Banks

Melora Hardin
Whitney Dunbar