Plain Clothes (1988)
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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, Rovi
- Starring:
- Arliss Howard, Suzy Amis, (more)
- Director(s):
- Martha Coolidge
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
Synopsis of Plain Clothes
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, Rovi
Complete Cast of Plain Clothes
- 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
- Bridget Hoffman - Student Announcer
- Landon Wine - Warden
- Jackie Burch
- Marya Delia Javier - School Secretary
- 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
- Abe Vigoda - Mr. Wiseman
- Tee Dennard - Sal
- Jeff Young - Kid
- Michael Watson - Warden
- Max Perlich - Carter
- Director(s):
- Martha Coolidge
- Writer(s):
- Scott Frank
- Producer(s):
- Michael Manheim, Richard Wechsler
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Profanity, Not For Children, Mild Violence, Violence, Adult Language, Adult Situations)
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