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Three O'Clock High

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Three O'Clock High
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PG13,1hr 37min
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1987
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Universal Studios
Synopsis: The first feature film from director Phil Joanou (State of Grace), Three O' Clock High chronicles a high school nerd's much hyped after-school bout with the infamous class bully. When the impish Jerry Mitchell (Casey Siemaszko) is assigned to interview the new transfer student with a supposedly violent past, Buddy Revell (Richard Tyson), he makes the fatal mistake of touching his subject. Revell, who hates being touched, responds by challenging the unwilling Mitchell to a fight at three o'clock in ... Full Synopsis
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Often mistakenly canonized among the collection of 1980s teen comedies about the joys and horrors of the high school experience (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sixteen Candles, and Pretty in Pink, to name a few), director Phil Joanou's darkly humorous tale of an impending after-school fight between the class geek and the school bully, although seemingly innocuous, is a surprisingly stylistic effort. Employing ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Jerry Mitchell
Franny Perrins
Brei Mitchell
Vincent Costello
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