Plain Clothes (1988)
- Starring:
- Arliss Howard, Suzy Amis, (more)
- Director(s):
- Martha Coolidge
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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Arliss Howard plays a baby-faced undercover cop, posing as a high school student. Howard is investigating the murder of a teacher, a task made difficult when his own brother (Loren Dean) becomes the primary suspect. Meanwhile, the ersatz student falls in love with Alexandre Powers, the daughter of the school's gym instructor. Before long, Howard is having trouble separating his "real" self from his fictional persona: he event develops a crush on home-room teacher Suzy Amis! Director Martha Coolidge and scriptwriter A. Scott Frank seem to be having a lot of fun pushing the credibility envelope in the amusing but unnecessarily convoluted Plain Clothes. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Arliss Howard - Nick Dunbar
- George Wendt - Chet Butler
- Seymour Cassel - Ed Malmburg
- Robert Stack - Mr. Gardner, Principal
- Peter Dobson - Kyle Kerns
- Loren Dean - Matt Dunbar
- Michael Watson - Warden
- Jackie Burch
- Marya Delia Javier - School Secretary
- Abe Vigoda - Mr. Wiseman
- Reginald VelJohnson - Captain Graff
- Larry Pine - Dave Hechtor
- Suzy Amis - Robin Torrance
- Diane Ladd - Jane Melway
- Jackie Gayle - Coach Zeffer
- Harry Shearer - Simon Feck
- Alexandra Powers - Daun-Marie Zeffer
- Phoebe Augustine - Girl at Fair
- Tee Dennard - Sal
- Jeff Young - Kid
- Landon Wine - Warden
- Bridget Hoffman - Student Announcer
- Max Perlich - Carter
- Director(s):
- Martha Coolidge
- Writer(s):
- Scott Frank
- Producer(s):
- Michael Manheim, Richard Wechsler
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Mild Violence, Adult Language, Adult Situations, Violence, Profanity, Not For Children)
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