Movie
Carbon Copy
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1981-08-06
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- First City Features Ltd., Hemdale, RKO Pictures, AVCO Embassy Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Denzel Washington as Roger Porter
- George Segal as Walter Whitney
- Susan Saint James as Vivian Whitney
- Jack Warden as Nelson Longhurst
- Paul Winfield as Bob Garvey
- Macon McCalman as Tubby Wederholt
- Vicky Dawson as Mary Ann
- Parley Baer as Dr. Bristol
- Dick Martin as Victor Bard
- Carmen Filpi as Wino
- Tom Poston as Reverend Hayworth
- Kenneth White as Burly Man
Crew
- Michael Schultz - Director
- Stanley Shapiro - Writer
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