124 reviews
Comedy/Drama
1h 36m
1980
Clifford Peache, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully terrorizes his classmates and extorts their lunch money....

Clifford Peache, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully terrorizes his classmates and extorts their lunch money. Refusing to pay up, Clifford enlist the aid of an overgrown misfit whose mere presence intimidates students and teachers alike. But their "business relationship" soon turns personal as Clifford and the troubled loner forge a winning alliance against their intimidators - and a very special friendship with each other.
- DirectorTony Bill
- Release11 July 1980
- Genre
- Duration1h 36m
- Budget?
- Revenue$22,482,952
- Rate124 reviews
- Productions
Melvin Simon Productions, Market Street Productions, 20th Century Fox
Cast

Chris Makepeace
Clifford Peache

Adam Baldwin
Ricky Linderman

Matt Dillon
Melvin Moody

Joan Cusack
Shelley

Dean Devlin
Boy

Ruth Gordon
Gramma

Martin Mull
Mr. L.C. Peache

John Houseman
Dobbs

Craig Richard Nelson
Griffith

Kathryn Grody
Ms. Jump

Marge Kotlisky
Mrs. Linderman

Tim Kazurinsky
Workman

Bruce Jarchow
Roberto

George Wendt
Engineer

Pat Billingsley
Biology Teacher

Jennifer Beals
Clifford's Friend (uncredited)

Sandra Bogan
Joan (uncredited)

Gary Houston
Drunk in the Park (uncredited)

Steven Rozic
Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
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