True Identity (1991)

Name: True Identity
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1991
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Lenny Henry, Frank Langella, Anne-Marie Johnson, James Earl Jones, Peggy Lipton

1h 33m United States of America

Comedy

Plot

To evade the clutches of the mob, a Black man finds himself in a precarious situation that forces him to adopt a new identity as a white man. This transformation leads to a series of comedic yet tense misadventures as he navigates a world starkly different from his own. As he struggles to maintain his disguise, the challenges of racial identity and the absurdities of his situation unfold, ultimately highlighting the lengths one will go to for survival and the complexities of human perception.

Cast

Lenny Henry Frank Langella Anne-Marie Johnson James Earl Jones Peggy Lipton Melvin Van Peebles J. T. Walsh Andreas Katsulas Charles Lane Bill Raymond Ruth Brown Michael Jai White Hazelle Goodman R. Lee Ermey Michael McKean