Movie
For Keeps
Overview
Young high school couple Darcy Elliot and Stan Bobrucz are one year from graduation, with promising futures ahead of them. But their paths take a drastic turn when Darcy becomes pregnant. Unwilling to go through an abortion or an adoption — despite their parents' pleas — Darcy and Stan decide to sacrifice their college experiences and degrees in order to keep and raise the baby. After a quick marriage, the two realize it won't be as easy as they thought.
Details
- Release date
- 1988-01-15
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- TriStar Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Molly Ringwald as Darcy Elliot Bobrucz
- Randall Batinkoff as Stan Bobrucz
- Kenneth Mars as Mr. Bobrucz
- Miriam Flynn as Donna Elliot
- Conchata Ferrell as Mrs. Bobrucz
- Sharon Brown as Lila
- John Zarchen as Chris
- Pauly Shore as Retro
- Michelle Downey as Michaela
- Patricia Barry as Adoption Official
- Janet MacLachlan as Miss Giles
- Jaclyn Bernstein as Mary Bobrucz
Crew
- John G. Avildsen - Director
- Denise DeClue - Writer
- Tim Kazurinsky - Writer
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