Making the Grade (1984)
- Starring:
- Judd Nelson, Jonna Lee, (more)
- Director(s):
- Dorian Walker
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Making the Grade
The time-worn clash between the rich and poor, brought out by switched identities, is the ploy used here to put a streetwise kid into an upper-crust prep school. Palmer (Dana Olsen) does not want to stay at school for his final year, but he needs to graduate in order to receive his mega-buck trust fund. Eddie (Judd Nelson) is a New Jersey native, used to the streets and handling trouble when it comes -- except Eddie's bookie is after him for a bad debt, and when Eddie jumps the prep school's fence to escape his creditor, he almost knocks down Palmer. From that serendipitous meeting, the two decide to swap identities -- or partly so. Eddie will become Palmer and get good grades in the last year of school, for the sum of $10,000 at graduation. And Palmer will go off on his own planned vacation. Eddie soon learns the ways of the rich and famous, but he is quickly back to crap games and porno movies, this time initiating his new schoolmates into that lifestyle and gaining popularity along the way. What follows is a series of misadventures as the bookie shows up at the school to demand his due from Eddie, Eddie falls in love with the daughter of the school's patron, and Palmer comes back. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 104 mins
Complete Cast of Making the Grade
- Judd Nelson - Eddie Keaton
- Gordon Jump - Mr. Harriman
- Ronald Lacey - Nicky
- Carey Scott - Rand
- Andrew Dice Clay - Dice
- John Stevens - Mr. Hoover
- Jack Ray - Chauffeur
- Chris Williams - Thomas
- Lucille Ewing - Mrs. Hoover
- Ray Hill - Dr. Mueller
- Moses Peace - Regis
- Jonna Lee - Tracey Hoover
- Walter Olkewicz - Coach Wordman
- Dana Olsen - Palmer Woodrow
- Scott McGinnis - Bif
- Emilio Estevez - Mike
- Dan Schneider - Blimp
- Steve Wilkerson - Passing Senior
- John Dye - Skip
- Mattie Grayson - Maid
- Robert Meltzer - Mr. Townsend
- Director(s):
- Dorian Walker
- Writer(s):
- Gene Quintano
- Producer(s):
- Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus, Gene Quintano
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Not For Children, Nudity, Adult Situations, Adult Language)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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