
Plot
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.
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Cast

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

John David Bland
Seth

Jonathan 'Fudge' Leonard
George Walker

Felix Nelson
Mr. Walker

Betty Cole
Mrs. Walker

Bo Mancuso
Bundy Dunbar

Donald Hotton
Mr. Wicher

Linda Hoy
Mrs. Sherwood

Robert Burleigh
Bouchard Man

Jonathan Wise
Andrew

Amy Stoch
Kim

Paul O'Brien
Officer Schkolnick

M.C. Gainey
Jail Cell Bigot

Freddie Dawson
D.J.

Scott L. Treger
Harvard Basketball Player (uncredited)