Back to School (1986)

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Directed by

Alan Metter

Starring (View all)

Rodney Dangerfield
Thornton Melon

Sally Kellerman
Dr. Diane Turner

Burt Young
Lou

Keith Gordon
Jason Melon

Robert Downey Jr.
Derek Lutz

Paxton Whitehead
Philip Barbay

Terry Farrell
Valerie Desmond

M. Emmet Walsh
Coach Turnbull

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Rodney Dangerfield
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Greg Fields
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To help his discouraged son get through college, a funloving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself.

Release date: 13 June 1986
UPC: 027616805829

Tags: Comedy (11), 1986 (8), College (4), 1980s (4), Romance (3), Danny Elfman (3), Sports (2), Sport (2), Dysfunctional Family (2), (1), DSK (1), Triple-lindy (1), Fish Out Of Water (1), Robert Downey Jr. (1), HQ (1), Buddies (1), Students (1), One-liners (1), 80's (1), Water (1)

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