Film

Up the Academy

1980 · 1h 27m · Comedy

The education they got wasn't in books.

IMDb

4.7

Rotten Tomatoes

0%

Metacritic

29

Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to a Military Academy. The life of discipline asks a lot of the four geeks. Of course these boys know how to make a party out of the hard times. Will they be "real men" after one year.

Ralph Macchio

Chooch Bombalazzi

Wendell Brown

Eisenhower "Ike" MacArthur

Tommy Citera

Hash

Hutch Parker

Oliver Holt (as J. Hutchison)

Harry Teinowitz

Rodney Ververgaert

Tom Poston

Sgt. Skip Sisson

Antonio Fargas

Coach

Stacey Nelkin

Candy

Barbara Bach

Bliss

Robert Downey Jr.

Boy on Soccer Team (uncredited)

Ron Leibman

Major Vaughn Liceman (uncredited)

Ian Wolfe

Commandant Causeway

Allyson Downey

Platoon Leader

• Robert Downey Sr.Director
• Tom PatchettWriter
• Jay TarsesWriter
• Danton RissnerProducer
• Marvin WorthProducer
• Bernie BrillsteinExecutive Producer
• Harry Stradling Jr.Director of Photography
• Bud MolinEditor
• Karen ReaCasting

Up The Academy (1980) Official Trailer - Ron Leibman, Wendell Brown Comedy Movie HD

Release date

June 6, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

R

Genres

Comedy

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