Three O'Clock High
A nerdy high school journalist is forced into a dangerous rivalry with a volatile new transfer student when a simple assignment spirals into a chaotic battle for survival.
“Jerry Mitchell just bumped into Buddy Revell. Now Jerry isn't thinking about math or english. Because at three o'clock, he's history.”
Synopsis
Nerdy high schooler Jerry Mitchell is assigned to write an article for the school paper about the infamous new delinquent transfer student, Buddy Revell. When Jerry accidentally invades Buddy
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Principal cast & crew: 32
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Edited by Joe Ann FogleShot by Barry SonnenfeldScored by Tangerine DreamDesigned by William F Matthews
Box Office
1987 · Box office
📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.6× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$3.7M
Opening weekend: $1.7M — 47% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $1.7M — 47% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 849 theaters
Also known as
- Faustrecht - Terror in der Highschoolde
- 3 heures, l'heure du crimefr
- Trois heures, l'heure du crimefr
- L'ora della rivincitait
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Cast & Crew
32 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Casey Siemaszko
as Jerry Mitchell
Annie Ryan
as Franny Perrins
Richard Tyson
as Buddy Revell
Stacey Glick
as Brei Mitchell
Jonathan Wise
as Vincent Costello
Jeffrey Tambor
as Mr. Rice
Philip Baker Hall
as Detective Mulvahill
John P Ryan
as Mr. O'Rourke
Liza Morrow
as Karen Clarke
Mitch Pileggi
as Duke Herman
Scott Tiler
as Bruce Chalmer
Paul Feig
as Hall Monitor
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9Directors
1Writers
2Producers
1Other crew
7Parents Guide
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