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About
A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-exclusively-white upper-middle-class community of San Marino, California.
Theatrical
Sep 25, 1981
Box Office
$9.6M
Budget
$6.0M
Return
1.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 2, 2004
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
First City Features Ltd., Hemdale, RKO Pictures, AVCO Embassy Pictures
Cast
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Denzel Washington
Roger Porter
G
George Segal
Walter Whitney
S
Susan Saint James
Vivian Whitney
J
Jack Warden
Nelson Longhurst
P
Paul Winfield
Bob Garvey
M
Macon McCalman
Tubby Wederholt
V
Vicky Dawson
Mary Ann
P
Parley Baer
Dr. Bristol
D
Dick Martin
Victor Bard
C
Carmen Filpi
Wino
T
Tom Poston
Reverend Hayworth
K
Kenneth White
Burly Man
V
Vernon Weddle
Wardlow
E
Edward Marshall
Freddie
A
Angelina Estrada
Bianca
E
Ed Call
Basketball Father
G
Greg Finley
1st Guard
W
Warren Munson
2nd Guard
L
Lee Garlington
(uncredited)
J
Jim Greenleaf
Basketball Boy
