The Principal(Movie, 1987)

Name: The Principal
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Released: 1987
Duration: T01:49:00
Rating: 3.3

| 1h 49min | Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 118 votes)

The Principal is a 1987 action thriller film starring Jim Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr. and Rae Dawn Chong. Written by Frank Deese and directed by Christopher Cain, it was filmed in Oakland, California, and at Northgate High School in nearby Walnut Creek and distributed by TriStar Pictures on Panavision. Belushi reprised his role as Rick Latimer in the 1991 film Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe. ()

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About The Principal

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.

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The Principal (1987) ORIGINAL Trailer [HD 1080p](Trailer, 2:10)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: San Francisco (California)

Plays in: San Francisco (California)

Made by: TriStar Pictures, ML Delphi Premier Productions, Dorica Film

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 19 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 09/18/1987

Cast: Jim Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr., Rae Dawn Chong, Esai Morales, Troy Winbush, Jacob Vargas, Kelly Jo Minter, Michael Wright, J. J. Cohen

Director: Christopher Cain

Film Editor: Jack Hofstra

Director of Photography: Arthur Albert

Composer: Jay Gruska

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"El director: Uno contra todos"

Keywords: resistance, youth gang, drug trafficking, teacher, school life

Budget: 11,000,000 USD

Revenue: 19,734,940 USD (= 179%)

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The Principal(Movie, 1987)

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