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28/02/1986 Romance, Drama 1h 37m
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Blane's a pretty cool guy. Andie's pretty in pink. And Duckie's pretty crazy.

Overview

Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realize that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.

  1. Howard Deutch

    Director

  2. John Hughes

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Molly Ringwald

    Andie Walsh

  2. Andrew McCarthy

    Blane McDonough

  3. Jon Cryer

    Philip F. 'Duckie' Dale

  4. Annie Potts

    Iona

  5. Harry Dean Stanton

    Jack Walsh

  6. James Spader

    Steff McKee

  7. Kate Vernon

    Benny Hanson

  8. Alexa Kenin

    Jena Hoeman

  9. Emily Longstreth

    Kate

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-09-25
You're ashamed to go out with me.

Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald) is different to most kids at school. Being solely raised by her unemployed father, Jack (Harry Dean Stanton), and dressing in hand made clothes, she's very much from the wrong side of the tracks. It's tough in school as Andie and her pals are looked down on by the more wealthy students who make up the majority of the student body. With the prom on the horizon, Andie is feeling a little more bluer than normal, but hope comes in the form of Blane McDonough (Andrew McCarthy), a so called rich kid, who in spite of peer pressure asks...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$9,000,000.00

Revenue
$40,471,663.00

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