Making the Grade

1984 R 1h 45m 5.6

A spoiled rich young man hires a young hustler, who lives in a broken car and owes money to a dicey loan shark, to take his place in his elite prep school and graduate for him.

Lazy preppie Palmer Woodrow hires street-smart Eddie Keaton to go to school for him while he lives it up in Europe. Eddie falls in love with preppie gal Tracey, upsetting Biff, the Hoover Academy bully. When his bookie from the old neighborhood, Dice, comes to collect on Eddie's gambling debts and Palmer returns early from Europe, the scheme slowly starts to unravel. Soon, Eddie can't even tell whose side he's really on.

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Info about Making the Grade

Studio(s): The Cannon Group, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Originally Released: United States on May 18, 1984

Box Office Gross: $4,561,346.00

Genres: Comedy, Romance