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Like Father Like Son (1987)
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2 October 1987 (USA)
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Chris and his dad have accidentally changed bodies - but no big deal. Chris gets the Jag and the Gold Card. Dad gets the fake ID and the bio final.
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A mysterious potion switches the personalities of a buttoned up doctor and his laid back son. full summary | add synopsis
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Like Pain, Like Misery.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dudley Moore | ... | Dr. Jack Hammond / Chris Hammond |
 | Kirk Cameron | ... | Chris Hammond / Dr. Jack Hammond |
 | Margaret Colin | ... | Ginnie Armbruster |
 | Catherine Hicks | ... | Dr. Amy Larkin |
| Patrick O'Neal | ... | Dr. Larry Armbruster |
 | Sean Astin | ... | Clarence / Trigger |
| Camille Cooper | ... | Lori Beaumont |
| Micah Grant | ... | Rick Anderson, Lori's Boyfriend |
| Bill Morrison | ... | Trigger's Uncle Earl |
| Skeeter Vaughan | ... | Medicine Man |
| Larry Sellers | ... | Navajo Helper |
| Tami David | ... | Navajo Girl |
| Maxine Stuart | ... | Phyllis, Hammonds' Housekeeper |
| David Wohl | ... | Dr. Roger Hartwood |
| Michael Horton | ... | Dr. Mike O'Donald |
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96 min | UK:100 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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One of five body-swap movies all released around the same time. The others were Big (1988), 18 Again! (1988), Vice Versa (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989).
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Factual errors: (Possibly deliberate.) The Hammonds' cat has a male name, "Seymour", but its patches of orange, black and white fur are hallmarks of a calico cat. Virtually all calico cats are female.
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Spoofed in "American Dad!: Rough Trade (#1.17)" (2006)
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She Never Looked That Good For Me
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Doctor Dudley Moore and his teenage son Kirk Cameron end up becoming each other in this terrible little film. A brain transference formula is the cause here. The typical misunderstandings and forced-comedic situations then occur. Moore continued to struggle with roles after his crowning achievement in "Arthur" six years earlier. Cameron, thought to be the biggest star of television's "Growing Pains", was trying to become a bankable movie star. That plan fell flat as well. 2 stars out of 5.