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Rock 'n' Roll High School is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Joe Dante released in USA on 20 april 1979 with P. J. Soles
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
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Add to a movie listRock 'n' Roll High School is a 1979 musical comedy film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Allan Arkush, and starring P. J. Soles, Vince Van Patten, and Clint Howard. The film featured the punk rock group the Ramones.
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Set in 1980, Vince Lombardi High School keeps losing principals to nervous breakdowns because of the students' love of rock 'n' roll and their disregard for education. Their leader, Riff Randell (P. J. Soles), is the biggest Ramones fan at Vince Lombardi High School. She waits in line for three days to get tickets to see the band, hoping to meet Joey Ramone so she can give him a song she wrote for the band, "Rock 'n' Roll High School".Actors
P. J. Soles
(Riff Randell)
Dey Young
(Kate Rambeau)
Paul Bartel
(Mr. McGree)
Vincent Van Patten
(Tom Roberts)
Clint Howard
(Eaglebauer)
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