Back to School Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

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Released Date

June 13, 1986

Distributor

Orion Pictures

Genre

Comedy

Rating

PG-13

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$91,258,000 + $0 = $91,258,000

Cast

Robert Downey Jr., Rodney Dangerfield, Sam Kinison, Burt Young, Terry Farrell, Keith Gordon, Sally Kellerman, Paxton Whitehead

Robert Downey Jr.

as Derek Lutz

1921-2004

Rodney Dangerfield

as Thornton Melon

1953-1992

Sam Kinison

as Professor Terguson

Burt Young

as Lou

Terry Farrell

as Valerie Desmond

Keith Gordon

as Jason Melon

1937-2022

Sally Kellerman

as Dr. Diane Turner

Paxton Whitehead

as Dr. Phillip Barbay

About Back to School

To help his discouraged son get through college, a funloving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself.

About

A wealthy businessman and fun-loving father heads back to college to encourage his disillusioned son who wants to drop out. The comedy was directed by Alan Metter.

Trivia

It was 6th highest-grossing film of 1986. The University of Wisconsin-Madison was used as a backdrop throughout.