Jonathan is a new student at Vernon Academy, a prestigious prep school in Illinois for the offspring of wealthy Americans.
At first, he is the subject of practical jokes by his roommate Skip, but soon the two are firm friends.
After Jonathan manages to get himself banned for life from the nearby boarding school for girls, Skip sends him to a pick-up joint in nearby Chicago.
But instead of picking up girls, Jonathan is picked up himself, by Ellen (Jacqueline Bisset), an older woman. Complications ensue when he discovers who she really is – Skip’s mother.
This takeoff of The Graduate(1967) is preposterous from start to finish, but probably every teen male’s fantasy.
The cast strains with a garbled script and undeveloped characters, and Cliff Robertson is wasted as the domineering, wealthy husband/father.
Ellen Burroughs
Jacqueline Bisset Skip Burroughs
Rob Lowe Jonathon Ogner
Andrew McCarthy Mr Burroughs
Cliff Robertson Balaban
Stuart Margolin Roscoe
John Cusack Roger
Alan Ruck Allen
Rodney Pearson Kennedy
Remak Ramsey Lisa
Virginia Madsen Susan
Deborah Thalberg Headmistress DeBreul
Fern Persons Doug
Casey Siemaszko Barry
Aaron Douglas Maggie
Anna Maria Horsford Schneider
Hal Frank Chaplain Baker
Dick Cusack Dr Kreiger
William Visteen Mr Bernhardt
James O’Reilly Mrs DeLowe
Virginia Morris
Director
Lewis John Carlino
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After Jonathan manages to get himself banned for life from the nearby boarding school for girls, Skip sends him to a pick-up joint in nearby Chicago.
Ellen Burroughs
