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True Identity is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Charles Lane released in USA on 23 august 1991 with Lenny Henry
True Identity (1991)
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Add to a movie listTrue Identity is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Charles Lane and starring Lenny Henry, Frank Langella and Anne-Marie Johnson. The plot revolves around a black man (British comedy actor Henry), who disguises himself as a white man to escape the mob.
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A struggling black actor named Miles Pope is on a plane ride home from a failed acting audition. Miles meets a producer named Leland Carver who accidentally reveals his mafia ties when he believes that their plane is about to crash. However, the plane does not crash and Miles is the only man who knows Leland's past. To escape, Miles persuades his makeup artist friend Duane to transform him into a Caucasian male.Actors
Lenny Henry
(Miles Pope)
Frank Langella
(Leland Carver)
Anne-Marie Johnson
(Kristi)
James Earl Jones
(Himself)
R. Lee Ermey
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