Making the Grade

Overview

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 scheme slowly starts to unravel. Soon, Eddie can't even tell whose side he's really on.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 18, 1984

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,Cannon Group,Golan-Globus Productions,The Cannon Group

Cast

Judd Nelson,Dana Olsen,Jonna Lee,Gordon Jump,Walter Olkewicz,Ronald Lacey,Dan Schneider,Andrew Dice Clay,John Dye,Carey Scottand 9 more

Director

Dorian Walker

Writer

Gene Quintano,Charles Gale

Producer

Gene Quintano,Yoram Globus,Menahem Golan

Music

Basil Poledouris

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

$4,561,346

IMDb

tt0087666