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If you can't make it...fake it! - Making the Grade
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Title: Making the Grade

Release Date: 18 May 1984

Runtime: 1h 45m

Genre: Comedy

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

Production Companies: The Cannon Group, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Golan-Globus Productions

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.2 (23 votes)

Cast

  • Eddie Keaton: Judd Nelson
  • Palmer Woodrow: Dana Olsen
  • Tracey Hoover: Jonna Lee
  • Mr. Harriman: Gordon Jump
  • Coach Wordman: Walter Olkewicz
  • Nicky: Ronald Lacey
  • Blimp: Dan Schneider
  • Dice: Andrew Dice Clay
  • Skip: John Dye
  • Rand: Carey Scott
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