Carbon Copy

Aug 6, 1981

1h 32m

★ 5.8

Any resemblance between father and son is purely hysterical.

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

First City Features Ltd.

Hemdale

RKO Pictures

AVCO Embassy Pictures

Carbon Copy Trailers

Cast

Roger Porter

Denzel Washington

Walter Whitney

George Segal

Vivian Whitney

Susan Saint James

Nelson Longhurst

Jack Warden

Bob Garvey

Paul Winfield

Tubby Wederholt

Macon McCalman

Mary Ann

Vicky Dawson

Dr. Bristol

Parley Baer

Victor Bard

Dick Martin

Wino

Carmen Filpi

Reverend Hayworth

Tom Poston

Burly Man

Kenneth White

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