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About
Nerdy high schooler Jerry Mitchell is assigned to write an article for the school paper about the infamous new delinquent transfer student, Buddy Revell. When Jerry accidentally invades Buddy's personal space and touches him, Buddy challenges Jerry to an afterschool fight in the parking lot, which Jerry tries to avoid at all costs.
Theatrical
Oct 9, 1987
Box Office
$3.7M
Budget
$6.0M
Return
0.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 2, 2003
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Full credits →C
Casey Siemaszko
Jerry Mitchell
A
Annie Ryan
Franny Perrins
R
Richard Tyson
Buddy Revell
S
Stacey Glick
Brei Mitchell
J
Jonathan Wise
Vincent Costello
J
Jeffrey Tambor
Mr. Rice
P
Philip Baker Hall
Detective Mulvahill
J
John P. Ryan
Mr. O'Rourke
M
Mitch Pileggi
Duke Herman
P
Paul Feig
Hall Monitor
Y
Yeardley Smith
Cheerleader
S
Scott Schutzman Tiler
Bruce Chalmer
G
Guy Massey
Scott Cranston
T
Theron Read
Mark Bojeekus
M
Mike Jolly
Craig Mattey
C
Charles Macaulay
Voytek Dolinski
C
Caitlin O'Heaney
Miss Farmer
S
Shirley Stoler
Eva
S
Stanton Davis
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