Directed by:
Christopher CainScreenplay:
Frank DeeseCinematography:
Arthur AlbertComposer:
Jay GruskaCast:
Jim Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr., Rae Dawn Chong, Michael Wright, J.J. Cohen, Esai Morales, Troy Winbush, Jacob Vargas, Kelly Jo Minter, J.J. Johnston (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
Rick Latimer (James Belushi), a screw-up teacher at a white bread high school, is presented with an ultimatum by the school board: find a new employer or become the principal of the district's most troublesome high school. He becomes the no-nonsense principal at a school populated by violent gangs, drug dealers, and other delinquents and rules with an iron fist. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jim Belushi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268888_da4ac2.jpg)
Jim Belushi
USA
Best movies:
Trading Places (1983)
Salvador (1986)
Palermo Connection (1990)
![Louis Gossett Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/405/164405843_318767.jpg)
Louis Gossett Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The White Dawn (1974)
![Rae Dawn Chong](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268907_458dd9.jpg)
Rae Dawn Chong
Canada
Best movies:
The Color Purple (1985)
Quest for Fire (1981)
Lonesome Dove (1989) (series)
![Michael Wright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/318/158318938_257106.jpg)
Michael Wright
USA
Best movies:
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
V (1983) (TV movie)
The Interpreter (2005)
J.J. Cohen
Best movies:
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
![Esai Morales](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269426_fd7f19.jpg)
Esai Morales
USA
Best movies:
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
La Bamba (1987)
Bad Boys (1983)
![Troy Winbush](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/184/127184026_ee3dd2.jpg)
Troy Winbush
USA
Best movies:
The United States of Leland (2003)
The Replacements (2000)
Dark Skies (1996) (series)
![Jacob Vargas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274491_aaf59f.jpg)
Jacob Vargas
Mexico
![Kelly Jo Minter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886313_ee12d6.jpg)
Kelly Jo Minter
USA
Best movies:
Mask (1985)
Summer School (1987)
Miracle Mile (1988)
![J.J. Johnston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/185/159185758_9563aa.gif)
J.J. Johnston
USA
Best movies:
JFK (1991)
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Homicide (1991)
Frank Deese
Best movies:
The Principal (1987)
Thomas Ryan
Best movies:
Summer School (1987)
The Principal (1987)
Starting Out in the Evening (2007)
![Reggie Johnson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/908/162908797_269007.jpg)
Reggie Johnson
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
The Principal (1987)
Annabel Armour
USA
Best movies:
Conviction (2010)
The Principal (1987)
Contagion (2011)
Peter Fitzsimmons
Best movies:
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Magnum Force (1973)
True Believer (1989)
Joe Flood
Best movies:
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
A View to a Kill (1985)
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)