Carbon Copy

Carbon Copy

Any resemblance between father and son is purely hysterical.

1981•1h 32m•5.8/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.8/10(62)

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.

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Production

First City Features Ltd., Hemdale, RKO Pictures, AVCO Embassy Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Roger Porter

George Segal

George Segal

Walter Whitney

Susan Saint James

Susan Saint James

Vivian Whitney

Jack Warden

Jack Warden

Nelson Longhurst

Paul Winfield

Paul Winfield

Bob Garvey

Macon McCalman

Macon McCalman

Tubby Wederholt

Vicky Dawson

Mary Ann

Parley Baer

Parley Baer

Dr. Bristol

Dick Martin

Dick Martin

Victor Bard

Carmen Filpi

Carmen Filpi

Wino

Tom Poston

Tom Poston

Reverend Hayworth

Kenneth White

Burly Man

Vernon Weddle

Vernon Weddle

Wardlow

Edward Marshall

Freddie

Angelina Estrada

Bianca

Ed Call

Basketball Father

Greg Finley

Greg Finley

1st Guard

Warren Munson

Warren Munson

2nd Guard

Lee Garlington

Lee Garlington

(uncredited)

Jim Greenleaf

Jim Greenleaf

Basketball Boy

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