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Summary:
John Hughes wrote and directed this quintessential 1980s high school drama featuring the hottest young stars of the decade. Trapped in a day-long Saturday detention in a prison-like school library are Claire, the princess (Molly Ringwald); Andrew, the jock (Emilio Estevez); John, the criminal (Judd Nelson); Brian, the brain (Anthony Michael Hall); and Allison, the basket c... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Emilio Estevez - (Andrew Clark)
Judd Nelson - (John Bender)
Molly Ringwald - (Claire Standish)
Anthony Michael Hall - (Brian Johnson)
Ally Sheedy - (Allison Reynolds)
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Review:
The best of director John Hughes' many teen-angst films of the 1980s, this perceptive, absorbing comedy-drama basically puts five different teenage archetypes in a classroom for Saturday detention and lets them interact. Judd Nelson is most memorable as a bully who reveals his abusive home life, but the entire ensemble cast is terrific. Adult... Continue >>

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