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High school student Dan Bartlett misses the plane he was supposed to be on with his rich girlfriend and her family on the way to a Caribbean vacation during a school break. He flies there alone, and runs into a series of characters and misadventures as he tries to catch up.
Theatrical
May 8, 1987
Box Office
$4.2M
Budget
$4.0M
Return
1.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 19, 2002
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Paramount Pictures, RKO Pictures
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →J
John Cusack
Dan Bartlett
R
Robert Loggia
'Mac' MacClaren
J
Jerry Stiller
Victor Honeywell
W
Wendy Gazelle
Lori Cronenberg
M
Monte Markham
Bill Cronenberg
S
Shelley Fabares
Buffy Cronenberg
P
Paul Bates
Cleon
Keith David
Alphonso
M
Martin LaSalle
Prisoner
Ben Stiller
Chris Honeywell
U
Ursaline Bryant
Roxanne
T
Terence Cooper
Captain Andrew
D
Dah-ve Chodan
Ginger Cronenberg
A
Andaluz Russell
Carmelina
T
Ted White
Tommy Ray
R
Roberto Sneider
Rico
L
Laurencio Cordero
Grandfather
F
Frank Tidy
Britisher
