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Doin' Time on Planet Earth is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Charles Matthau released in USA on 16 september 1988 with Martha Scott

Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988)

Doin' Time on Planet Earth
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Released in USA 16 september 1988
Length 1h25
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Science fiction,    Comedy
Rating50% 2.503322.503322.503322.503322.50332

Doin' Time on Planet Earth is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Charles Matthau and written by Darren Star. The film stars Nicholas Strouse, Andrea Thompson, Martha Scott, Adam West, Hugh Gillin and Matt Adler. The film was released on September 16, 1988, by Cannon Film Distributors.

Synopsis

Ryan Richmond (Nicholas Strouse) is a high school student from Sunnydale, Arizona, who fantasizes about the lounge singer, Lisa Winston (Andrea Thompson) at the hotel where he lives.

Actors

Martha Scott

(Virginia Camalier)
Adam West

(Charles Pinsky)
Andrea Thompson

(Lisa Winston)
Gloria Hendry

(Mary Richmond)
Hugh Gillin

(Fred Richmond)
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