Making the Grade

"If you can't make it...fake it!"

May 18 1984 R 1h 45m
Comedy, Romance

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.

Plot

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

Written by

Gene Quintano, Charles Gale, David Thollander

Directed by

Dorian Walker

Cast

Judd Nelson, Jonna Lee, Gordon Jump

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

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

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
Making the Grade (1984) Trailer
Making the Grade (1984) - Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
1,738
Average Rating
5.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA