Esai Morales, Jacob Vargas, James Belushi

Loose-cannon high school teacher Rick Latimer (James Belushi) is "promoted" to principal of Brandel High -- the toughest school in Berkeley, Calif. But no worries: He speaks loudly and carries a &NFi;...( read more  read more... )big&NFi_; stick (a baseball bat, actually). And he'll need it when he comes up against Victor (Michael Wright), a young tough who can make even the teachers cower. Hey, where's &NFi;your&NFi_; hall pass?

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R, 112 min.

Directed by: Christopher Cain

Release Date: September 18, 1987

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DVD Release Date: July 30, 2002

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  • May 13, 2007
    Another guilty pleasure from the 80's.
  • September 27, 2006
    This movie showed me to stand up for what you believe in no matter what gets shoved at ya.
  • November 28, 2008
    great james belushi film..
  • September 1, 2009
    i saw this great story too
  • August 12, 2009
    GREAT OLD SKOOL MOVIE......LOVE IT
  • March 20, 2009
    belushi is great, what can i say
  • January 18, 2009
    It is a film for guys who feel they have seen it all. They forget the teacher was once a pupil...U should see it.....
    DON'T COME TO SCHOOL TOMMORROW? Is that something to tell the PRINCIPAL? Just watch it.
  • June 28, 2008
    Belushi is really good in this role that inspired alot of later movies like Dangerous Minds and the awful 187 which this is wayy better even though people give it shit about being an 80s movie.
  • May 28, 2008
    loved this how the principal stood up to the bad guys of the school
  • January 26, 2008
    pretty good movie, great premise of course, tho the acting was a bit on the corny side at times...

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