Roger Porter (Denzel Washington) turns up at Walters office. Walter's long-lost black son from a previous affair with a black woman has appeared.
Walter (George Segal) tries to take Roger back but both his wife and his Father-in-Law turns out to be a big problem as he is kicked out by his wife and then loses everything he owns, thanks to his Father-in-Law.
Penniless and now a manual laborer, Walter has to chose between his son and his former exalted position in life.
