A teacher is assigned to be the principal of a violent and crime-ridden high school.
The "American Gods" star credits amazing co-stars and killer special effects for his mind-bending performance.
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| Jim Belushi | ... | Rick Latimer (as James Belushi) | |
| Louis Gossett Jr. | ... | Jake Phillips | |
| Rae Dawn Chong | ... | Hilary Orozco | |
| Michael Wright | ... | Victor Duncan | |
| J.J. Cohen | ... | White Zac | |
| Esai Morales | ... | Raymi Rojas | |
| Troy Winbush | ... | 'Baby' Emile | |
| Jacob Vargas | ... | Arturo Diego | |
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Thomas Ryan | ... | Robert Darcy |
| Reggie Johnson | ... | Jojo | |
| Kelly Jo Minter | ... | Treena Lester (as Kelly Minter) | |
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Ruth Beckford | ... | Mrs. Jenkins |
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Julian Brooks | ... | Kevin |
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Joan Valderrama | ... | Secretary |
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Rick Hamilton | ... | Mr. Harkley |
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Rick Latimer is a teacher who gets a job as the principal of a school with a very bad reputation. In fact, his transfer there is a kind of punishment because he beat his wife's boyfriend. So, Rick finds himself in a school where drugs, knives and guns are very usual things... Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos <makzax@hotmail.com>
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To get this job, he had to be crazy. To survive it, he'll have to get even crazier. See more »Parents Guide:
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18 September 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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The motorcycle that Rick Latimer rides throughout the movie is a 1985 Honda Shadow. See more »Goofs
Near the end, when Victor Duncan gets out of the car, walks on school grounds to kill Latimer He is wearing a black leather jacket and black leather pants. In the rest of the scene's Duncan is wearing blue jeans. See more »Quotes
Raymi: Man, do you know where you are? You're at Brandel. Ain't you heard what they said about this place? Garbage NEVER leaves the dump.See more »
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THE PRINCIPAL is one of those high school gang flicks that continues to run on TV with some regularity. It is the kind of B-action flick I will stop and watch every time it is broadcast. Jim Belushi is a new principal at a beleaguered, drug-riddled school. With the aid of janitor Lou Gossett, Belushi makes a bid to take back the school, and by the end of the flick, appears to have succeeded. Nasty, R-rated fighting and violence are sprinkled throughout, and the whole thing is engrossing even with Belushi's "Captain Kirk" beer gut often getting in the way. One incredible and truly exhilarating sequence has Belushi riding his chopper into the school in pursuit of a thug about to rape the delectable Rae Dawn Chong. Another terrific sequence has Belushi trapping some thugs in the school library, eventually sending one of them sailing through a second story window to the school grounds below. The big finale, set in a darkened locker room, is suspenseful and not your ordinary finish. It would appear this cheese lovers' delight influenced the one and only THE SUBSTITUTE, which came out about five years later. It will help if you are a Belushi fan to truly enjoy THE PRINCIPAL. I happen to be a Belushi fan from way back. By the way, I don't disagree with those who say Gossett might have been equally effective in the lead.