The Buddy System
1984 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
A quiet school truant officer, Joe, uncovers a young boy's attempt to fake a residential address, and subsequently gets involved romantically with the boy's mother. The truant officer waffles between a sadistic relationship with his on-again, off-again girlfriend and the mother. When one of the officer's inventions takes off, he chooses the girl and shatters the friendship with the boy and his mother. Only at the last possible moment does he figure out what he's sacrificed, and attempts to get it back.
Direction Glenn Jordan
Cast Richard Dreyfuss · Susan Sarandon · Nancy Allen · Wil Wheaton · Edward Winter · Keene Curtis · Tom Lacy · Lee Weaver · Carolyn Coates · Milton Selzer · Todd Everett · Jean Stapleton
Soundtrack Patrick Williams
Screenplay Mary Agnes Donoghue
Cinematography Matthew F. Leonetti
Original title The Buddy System
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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