Carbon Copy
5.7
“Any resemblance between father and son is purely hysterical.”
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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Cast
24 people
Denzel Washington
Roger Porter
Known for
The Equalizer
Training Day
George Segal
Walter Whitney
Known for
The Goldbergs
Look Who's Talking
Susan Saint James
Vivian Whitney
Known for
The Haunting of Bly Manor
Love at First Bite
Jack Warden
Nelson Longhurst
Known for
12 Angry Men
All the President's Men
Paul Winfield
Bob Garvey
Known for
The Terminator
White Dog
Macon McCalman
Tubby Wederholt
Known for
Falling Down
Smokey and the Bandit
Vicky Dawson
Mary Ann
Known for
The Prowler
Parley Baer
Dr. Bristol
Known for
Dave
The Ugly Dachshund
Dick Martin
Victor Bard
Known for
Air Bud: Golden Receiver
The Glass Bottom Boat
Carmen Filpi
Wino
Known for
Beetlejuice
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Tom Poston
Reverend Hayworth
Known for
Mork & Mindy
Newhart
Kenneth White
Burly Man
Known for
Joy Ride
Fire in the Sky
Michael Schultz Director · Stanley Shapiro Writer Bill Conti Composer
Worldwide gross $9.6M · Budget $6M · United States release September 25, 1981
Box office
Budget
$6,000,000
Worldwide gross
$9,566,593
Gross vs. budget
1.6×
Production
First City Features Ltd.
Production
Hemdale
Production
RKO Pictures
Production
AVCO Embassy Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · August 6, 1981
Theatrical
United States · September 25, 1981
Theatrical
Germany
March 25, 1989 · Theatrical
Romania
November 30, 1981 · Theatrical
Spain
February 17, 1982 · Theatrical
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