Movie

1986 Romantic comedy
1h 44min
Country | USA |
Mark Watson (C. Thomas Howell) has been accepted to Harvard Law School, but his dreams are dashed when his parents withdraw financial support. In desperation, Mark chemically darkens his skin and wins a full scholarship intended for black students. What results is a series of comic misadventures including romantic entanglements that explode stereotypes. Suddenly, in a bout with his conscience, he learns that his clever trick denied a far more deserving student a scholarship. On his day of reckoning, Mark makes restitution and leaves everyone in the school a little changed by the experience.
Directed by | Steve Miner |
Written by | Carol Black |
Company | New World PicturesNew World PicturesNew World Pictures |
Starring
C. Thomas Howell
James Earl Jones
Leslie Nielsen
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
M.C. Gainey
Rae Dawn Chong
Arye Gross
Melora Hardin
Ann Walker
James Sikking
Max Wright
Jeff Altman
Maree Cheatham
Wallace Langham
Eric Schiff
Ron Reagan
Mark Neely
David Reynolds
Wolfe Perry
Jerry Pavlon
Laurel Green
John David Bland
Jonathan 'Fudge' Leonard
Felix Nelson
Betty Cole
Bo Mancuso
Donald Hotton
Linda Hoy
Robert Burleigh
Jonathan Wise
Amy Stoch
Paul O'Brien
Freddie Dawson
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