The Undergrads (TV 1985)

TV Movie - 103 min - Drama | Comedy

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An elderly man discovers that his son wants to put him in an old-age home. However, the old man's grandson refuses to allow it, and the man and his grandson wind up becoming roommates at the boy's college dorm.

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	Art Carney	...	Mel Adler
	Chris Makepeace	...	Dennis `Jody' Adler
	Len Birman	...	Verne Adler
	Dawn Greenhalgh	...	Ellen Adler
	Lesleh Donaldson	...	Kim Barrett
	Jackie Burroughs	...	Nancy Galik
	Alfie Scopp	...	Hobo
	Angela Fusco	...	Carol
	Nerene Virgin	...	Polly Harris
	Adam Ludwig	...	Prof. Sickmier
	Ron James	...	David Finnegan
	Peter Spence	...	Steve Holmes
	Wendy Bushell	...	Karen
	Gary Farmer	...	Castro

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After Mel Adler's apartment burns down his son, who harbors some ill will towards him tries to put him in a retirement home. He's also very hard on his son, Jody. He's telling him which college he should go to. But when he decides to go where he wants, Mel decides to join him. And when he gets there he clashes with some of the teachers and finds himself attracted to one of them. Eventually he learns that he might flunk out so he tries to cram so he can pass. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com

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