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05/08/1983 Romance, Comedy, Drama 1h 38m
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There's a time for playing it safe and a time for Risky Business.

Overview

Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.

  1. Paul Brickman

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Tom Cruise

    Joel Goodson

  2. Rebecca De Mornay

    Lana

  3. Joe Pantoliano

    Guido

  4. Richard Masur

    Rutherford

  5. Bronson Pinchot

    Barry

  6. Curtis Armstrong

    Miles Dalby

  7. Nicholas Pryor

    Joel's Father

  8. Janet Carroll

    Joel's Mother

  9. Shera Danese

    Vicki

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2018-12-11
***Entertaining teen comedy with Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay, but disturbingly dishonest***

“Risky Business” (1983) stars Tom Cruise as a preppy teen from the Chicago suburbs. When his parents leave for a trip, he has the house to himself and enlists the services of a call girl (Rebecca De Mornay), which leads to serious and amusing problems.

This is the film with the iconic sequence of Cruise lip-syncing in private to Bob Seger’s "Old Time Rock and Roll." We’ve all done it. In any case, “Risky Business” is similar to “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986), but with the...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$6,200,000.00

Revenue
$63,541,777.00

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