Movie
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Overview
A group of Southern-California high school students ignore their studies in favor of indulging in their teenage distractions.
Details
- Release date
- 1982-08-13
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Refugee Films, Universal Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Stacy Hamilton
- Judge Reinhold as Brad Hamilton
- Phoebe Cates as Linda Barrett
- Brian Backer as Mark "Rat" Ratner
- Robert Romanus as Mike Damone
- Ray Walston as Mr. Hand
- Scott Thomson as Arnold
- Vincent Schiavelli as Mr. Vargas
- Amanda Wyss as Lisa
- D.W. Brown as Ron Johnson
- Forest Whitaker as Charles Jefferson
Crew
- Amy Heckerling - Director
- Cameron Crowe - Screenplay
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