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| George Segal | ... | Walter Whitney | |
| Susan Saint James | ... | Vivian Whitney | |
| Jack Warden | ... | Nelson Longhurst | |
| Dick Martin | ... | Victor Bard | |
| Denzel Washington | ... | Roger Porter | |
| Paul Winfield | ... | Bob Garvey | |
| Macon McCalman | ... | Tubby Wederholt | |
| Vicky Dawson | ... | Mary Ann | |
| Parley Baer | ... | Dr. Bristol | |
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Vernon Weddle | ... | Wardlow |
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Edward Marshall | ... | Freddie |
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Ed Call | ... | Basketball Father |
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Angelina Estrada | ... | Bianca |
| Carmen Filpi | ... | Wino | |
| Warren Munson | ... | 2nd Guard | |
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A white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a black teen-age son who can't wait to be adopted into the almost exclusively white community of San Marino, California. Written by K. Rose <rcs@texas.net> and horrendous punctuation corrected by Brooks
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" I lost my job, my house and my Rolls Royce; My family left me...What else can possibly go wrong?" "Hi, Dad!" See more »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
25 September 1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Cara do Pai See more »Filming Locations:
Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USA See more »Edit
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$6,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$9,566,593Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$9,566,593Company Credits
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Written by Jimmy Cox
Performed by Bessie Smith
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Though considered a comedy, the last ten to fifteen minutes of the movie, are actually considered drama. See more »Goofs
When Walter pulls in to park and hits the parking meter, he reverses and parks. The car is visibly outside of the parking lane lines. After the cut, he gets out of the car and the car is within the parking lane lines. See more »Quotes
Roger Porter: Now, it wasn't easy for me to get you in here, Mr Charley. I mean, they weren't too happy about having a White person in the building. You're here on a trial basis.See more »
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Nobody Knows You When You're Down And OutWritten by Jimmy Cox
Performed by Bessie Smith
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One part "Fire Sale" ( White family adopting Black child ), one part "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" ( the culture clash surprise ), one part "Life Stinks" ( the reality of life on the streets ), and you pretty much have "Carbon Copy". The movie can stand on it's own however, because George Segal and Denzel Washington compliment each other nicely as mismatched Father and Son. There are a number of laugh out loud moments, and some social lessons too. If you go in not expecting too much in the way of logic, you will not be disappointed. I think George Segal is very underrated as a comedy actor. Just take a look at "Where's Poppa?" if you disagree. - MERK