Three O'Clock High (1987)

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Jerry Mitchell just bumped into Buddy Revell. Now Jerry isn't thinking about math or english. Because at three o'clock, he's history.

Nerdy high schooler Jerry Mitchell is assigned to write an article for the school paper about the infamous new delinquent transfer student, Buddy Revell. When Jerry accidentally invades Buddy's personal space and touches him, Buddy challenges Jerry to an afterschool fight in the parking lot, which Jerry tries to avoid at all costs.

• Released: 1987-10-09
• Genres: Comedy
• Runtime: 1h 39m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.8/10 from 316 votes

Directed by Phil Joanou.

Top cast

• Casey Siemaszko as Jerry Mitchell
• Annie Ryan as Franny Perrins
• Richard Tyson as Buddy Revell
• Stacey Glick as Brei Mitchell
• Jonathan Wise as Vincent Costello
• Jeffrey Tambor as Mr. Rice
• Philip Baker Hall as Detective Mulvahill
• John P. Ryan as Mr. O'Rourke
• Mitch Pileggi as Duke Herman
• Paul Feig as Hall Monitor

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Three O'Clock High

• United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
• India: rent on Amazon Video
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video

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