Movie
The Principal
Overview
Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the head of security try to clean up the school and stop the narcotics trade, they run up against a teenage mafia. A violent confrontation on the campus leads to a deadly showdown with the drug dealer's gang, and one last chance for Latimer to save his career... and his life.
Details
- Release date
- 1987-09-18
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- ML Delphi Premier Productions, TriStar Pictures, Dorica Film
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jim Belushi as Rick Latimer
- Louis Gossett Jr. as Jake Phillips
- Rae Dawn Chong as Hilary Orozco
- Kelly Jo Minter as Treena Lester (as Kelly Minter)
- Michael Wright as Victor Duncan
- J.J. Cohen as White Zac
- Esai Morales as Raymi Rojas
- Troy Winbush as 'Baby' Emile
- Jacob Vargas as Arturo Diego
- Annabel Armour as Mrs. Ripton
- Sharon Thomas Cain as Kimberly
- Thomas Ryan as Robert Darcy
Crew
- Christopher Cain - Director
- Frank Deese - Screenplay
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