Making the Grade
5.6
“If you can't make it...fake it!”
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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Cast
19 people
Judd Nelson
Eddie Keaton
Known for
The Breakfast Club
Girl in the Basement
Dana Olsen
Palmer Woodrow
Also in
The 'Burbs
Jonna Lee
Tracey Hoover
Known for
The Midnight Hour
Gordon Jump
Mr. Harriman
Known for
WKRP in Cincinnati
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Walter Olkewicz
Coach Wordman
Also in
Twin Peaks
Grace Under Fire
Ronald Lacey
Nicky
Known for
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Red Sonja
Dan Schneider
Blimp
Known for
Good Burger
Better Off Dead...
Andrew Dice Clay
Dice
Known for
A Star Is Born
Blue Jasmine
John Dye
Skip
Known for
Touched by an Angel
The Perfect Weapon
Carey Scott
Rand
Known for
Hollywood
Forest Warrior
Scott McGinnis
Bif
Known for
Joysticks
Secret Admirer
John Stevens
Mr. Hoover
Also in
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
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Dorian Walker Director · Gene Quintano Screenplay Charles Gale Story
Worldwide gross $4.6M · United States release May 18, 1984 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$4,561,346
Production
The Cannon Group
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
Golan-Globus Productions
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 18, 1984
Theatrical
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