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About
Clifford Peache, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully terrorizes his classmates and extorts their lunch money. Refusing to pay up, Clifford enlist the aid of an overgrown misfit whose mere presence intimidates students and teachers alike. But their "business relationship" soon turns personal as Clifford and the troubled loner forge a winning alliance against their intimidators - and a very special friendship with each other.
Theatrical
Aug 15, 1980
Box Office
$22.5M
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 29, 2002
Theaters
1
Director
Tony Bill
Producers
Melvin Simon, Don Devlin, Phillip M. Goldfarb
Music
Dave Grusin
Studio
Melvin Simon Productions, Market Street Productions, 20th Century Fox
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Cast
Full credits →C
Chris Makepeace
Clifford Peache
A
Adam Baldwin
Ricky Linderman
M
Matt Dillon
Melvin Moody
H
Hank Salas
Mike
J
Joan Cusack
Shelley
D
Dean R. Miller
Hightower
D
Dean Devlin
Boy
R
Ruth Gordon
Gramma
M
Martin Mull
Mr. L.C. Peache
J
John Houseman
Dobbs
C
Craig Richard Nelson
Griffith
K
Kathryn Grody
Ms. Jump
D
Dick Cusack
Principal Roth
A
Angelo Anthony Buscaglia Jr.
Basketball Coach
M
Marge Kotlisky
Mrs. Linderman
T
Tim Kazurinsky
Workman
B
Bruce Jarchow
Roberto
G
George Wendt
Engineer
P
Pat Billingsley
Biology Teacher
J
Jennifer Beals
Clifford's Friend (uncredited)
