Making the Grade
1984 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Lazy preppie Palmer Woodrow hires street-smart Eddie Keaton to go to school for him while he lives it up in Europe. Eddie falls in love with preppie gal Tracey, upsetting Biff, the Hoover Academy bully. When his bookie from the old neighborhood, Dice, comes to collect on Eddie's gambling debts and Palmer returns early from Europe, the the scheme slowly starts to unravel. Soon, Eddie can't even tell whose side he's really on.
Direction Dorian Walker
Cast Judd Nelson · Jonna Lee · Gordon Jump · Walter Olkewicz · Ronald Lacey · Dana Olsen · Carey Scott · Scott McGinnis · Andrew Dice Clay · John Dye · John Stevens · Lucille Ewing
Soundtrack Basil Poledouris
Screenplay Gene Quintano · Charles Gale
Cinematography Jacques Haitkin
Original title Making the Grade
5.7
67 votes (FilmAffinity)
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