Secret Admirer (1985)

On the last day before summer vacations Michael receives a glowing, but anonymous, love-letter. He suspects, or better: hopes, it's from Deborah, the girl he's after since a while, but who ... See full summary »

Director:

David Greenwalt

Writers:

Jim Kouf, David Greenwalt

Stars:

C. Thomas Howell, Lori Loughlin, Kelly Preston

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
C. Thomas Howell	...	Michael Ryan
Lori Loughlin	...	Toni
Kelly Preston	...	Deborah Anne Fimple
Dee Wallace	...	Connie Ryan (as Dee Wallace Stone)
Cliff De Young	...	George Ryan (as Cliff DeYoung)
Leigh Taylor-Young	...	Elizabeth Fimple
Fred Ward	...	Lou Fimple
Casey Siemaszko	...	Roger Despard
Geoffrey Blake	...	Ricardo
Rodney Pearson	...	Kirkpatrick
Courtney Gains	...	Doug
J.J. Cohen	...	Barry
Scott McGinnis	...	Steve Powers
Corey Haim	...	Jeff (as Cory Haim)
Michael Menzies	...	Mr. Simpson

Storyline

On the last day before summer vacations Michael receives a glowing, but anonymous, love-letter. He suspects, or better: hopes, it's from Deborah, the girl he's after since a while, but who dates college students only. However she shows him a cold shoulder again. So his and her best friend Toni advises him to write her an anonymous letter in return. However these letters get in the wrong hands and cause lots of confusion in their families, until it's revealed, who wrote which letter to whom.

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Plot Keywords:

love letter | summer vacation | summer | secret admirer | electronic music score | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes What You're Looking For... Is Right Beside You.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 June 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Letter

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Orion Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kelly Preston is 4 years older than C. Thomas Howell, and Lori Loughlin is two and a half years older.

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Goofs

When Michael is writing the letter to Debbie the pen he is writing with is yellow with a blue top but in the next shot when he brings the pen up it is clear with a black top.

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Quotes

Michael: Good evening Mr. Fimple
Lou Fimple: Fuck you!

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Connections

Featured in Retrosexual: The 80's (2004)

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Soundtracks

"Leaving It Up To You"
Written by Timothy B. Schmit
Performed by Timothy B. Schmit

User Reviews

Wonderful teen comedy

I saw this first when it came out,I was about ten. I watched it again last night. I loved it then and I love it now. The dialogue acting and plot are really good. The characters are all great and fun as well. I noticed the difference between this movie and "teen comedies" made now and it goes like this. Secret Admirer contained, more subtle thoughtful character based humour, characters with a little more chaste morality (even Kelly's jerk jock boyfriend Steve didn't want to cheat), no sluts, plenty of foul language, diverse scene locations, and more intelligent dialogue and plot twists. I liked the characters a lot and the music by Jan Hammer was fantastic and memorable, which makes sense, since Jan Hammer is a bad S.O.B (just listen to Mahavishnu Orchestra and you will know that). I remember that when I was ten I thought that Kelly preston had the greatest breast, and I was right! I still found the movie just as funny as I did then and found the innocence of the characters endearing, in fact I found every scene memorable. Thomas Howell played the party guy in love to a T. Seeing Corey Haim as his little brother made me sad when I think what happened to the poor guy, he was great, very charismatic! You would have thought he had a great future. Bastard drugs! Anyway the humor is constant even at the end when it seems to be getting serious you get a trippy break when Mike asks for directions.

A joy of a film. 10/10.