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All the Right Moves

  • 1983
  • R
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
21K
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All the Right Moves (1983)
A high school football player desperate for a scholarship and his headstrong coach clash in a dying Pennsylvania steel town.
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An ambitious young football star is trapped in a dying mill town--unless his gridiron skills can win him a way out.An ambitious young football star is trapped in a dying mill town--unless his gridiron skills can win him a way out.An ambitious young football star is trapped in a dying mill town--unless his gridiron skills can win him a way out.

  • Director
    • Michael Chapman
  • Writers
    • Michael Kane
    • Pat Jordan
  • Stars
    • Tom Cruise
    • Lea Thompson
    • Craig T. Nelson
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    21K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael Chapman
    • Writers
      • Michael Kane
      • Pat Jordan
    • Stars
      • Tom Cruise
      • Lea Thompson
      • Craig T. Nelson
    • 67User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Tom Cruise
    Tom Cruise
    • Stef
    Lea Thompson
    Lea Thompson
    • Lisa
    Craig T. Nelson
    Craig T. Nelson
    • Nickerson
    Charles Cioffi
    Charles Cioffi
    • Pop
    Gary Graham
    Gary Graham
    • Greg
    Paul Carafotes
    Paul Carafotes
    • Salvucci
    Chris Penn
    Chris Penn
    • Brian
    • (as Christopher Penn)
    Sandy Faison
    • Suzie
    James A. Baffico
    • Bosko
    Mel Winkler
    • Jess Covington
    Walter Briggs
    • Rifleman
    George Betor
    • Tank
    Leon
    Leon
    • Shadow
    • (as Leon Robinson)
    Jonas Chaka
    Jonas Chaka
    • Mouse
    • (as Jonas C. Miller)
    Keith Diamond
    Keith Diamond
    • Fox
    • (as Keith Ford)
    Paige Price
    Paige Price
    • Tracy
    Debra Varnado
    • Charlotte
    Donald A. Yannessa
    • Coach
    • Director
      • Michael Chapman
    • Writers
      • Michael Kane
      • Pat Jordan
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    • Trivia
      The director wanted Lea Thompson and Tom Cruise to go undercover to remember what high school was like. They went to separate schools, and while Cruise was spotted after just one day because someone recognized him from Taps (1981), Thompson went four days, was asked out by many guys and got caught smoking.
    • Goofs
      When Stefan signs the contract to play football for Cal Poly in exchange for a full scholarship, Vern Nickerson's name is the only name on the contract and Stefan signs the Notary Public line, with no Notary Public in sight. The "County" on the contract is a correct Pennsylvania county (Cambria) but the contract also says "State of California" when they are obviously in Pennsylvania.
    • Quotes

      Steff: Scholarship here, no scholarship here. Who the hell gave you that power?

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Tom Cruise: The Star Next Door (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      All The Right Moves
      (Main Title)
      Performed by Jennifer Warnes and Chris Thompson
      Music by Tom Snow
      Lyrics by Barry Alfonso
      Produced by Tom Snow and Brooks Arthur

    User reviews67

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    6/10

    Watchable, But Nothing More

    Continuing my plan to watch every Tom Cruise movie in order, I come to to his third and final movie of 1983, All The Right Moves.

    Plot In A Paragraph: A high school football player (Cruise) desperate for a scholarship and his headstrong coach clash in a dying Pennsylvania steel town.

    Like with Risky Business, this is another movie that I don't get people's love for. I find it watchable, and nothing more. Cruise is OK, everyone's favourite TV coach, Craig T Nelson is his usual reliable self, and Leah Thompson (who shares the most unsexy and uncomfortable life scene I have ever witnessed) looks cute, but doesn't really bring much.

    One plus is, it has a decent rock soundtrack, which is usually listed first in the end credits with each song stating what scene it was played it.

    This was the first movie Tom Cruise's name appeared above the movie title on a poster.

    All The Right Moves grossed $17 million at the domestic box office, to end the year the 42nd highest grossing movie of 1983.
    • slightlymad22
    • Sep 13, 2017
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    • Release date
      • October 21, 1983 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • All Right
    • Filming locations
      • Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production companies
      • Lucille Ball Productions
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $5,600,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $17,233,166
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,625,486
      • Oct 23, 1983
    • Gross worldwide
      • $17,233,166
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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