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5.3A 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.
Released: 1986-10-24104 minDir: Steve MinerComedyBudget: $4.5MBox office: $35.0M
Cast
- C. Thomas Howell as Mark Watson
- Rae Dawn Chong as Sarah Walker
- Arye Gross as Gordon Bloomfeld
- James Earl Jones as Professor Banks
- Melora Hardin as Whitney Dunbar
- Leslie Nielsen as Mr. Dunbar
Themes
- scholarship
- secret identity
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Categories
1980s teen comedy films1986 American films1986 comedy films1986 controversies in the United States1986 English-language films1986 filmsAfrican-American-related controversies in filmAmerican teen comedy filmsCasting controversies in filmFilms about interracial romanceFilms about race and ethnicityFilms directed by Steve Miner