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15/02/1985 Comedy, Drama 1h 38m
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They only met once, but it changed their lives forever.

Overview

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.

  1. John Hughes

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Emilio Estevez

    Andrew Clark

  2. Judd Nelson

    John Bender

  3. Molly Ringwald

    Claire Standish

  4. Anthony Michael Hall

    Brian Johnson

  5. Ally Sheedy

    Allison Reynolds

  6. Paul Gleason

    Richard Vernon

  7. John Kapelos

    Carl

  8. Perry Crawford

    Allison's Father

  9. Mary Christian

    Brian's Sister

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-01-20
I'd struggle to recall any other of Judd Nelson's films, but in this he really does shine. He's the obvious recalcitrant amongst five teenage youths who have been dragged into school on a Saturday for some seemingly rather pointless detention. This is manna from heaven for their headmaster "Vernon" (Paul Gleason), who takes pleasure in exercising his gradually dwindling authority over his charges. Whilst he leaves them to work, they set about assembling and disassembling each other's character. Nelson ("Bender") is the outlaw: loud, brash and a pain in the neck. "Andrew" (Emilio Estevez) is th...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,000,000.00

Revenue
$51,530,442.00

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