Film

Johnny Be Good

1988 · 1h 26m · Comedy

Every college in the country wants Johnny. 'Cause when he's good he's very very good. And when he's bad he's better.

IMDb

4.6

Rotten Tomatoes

0%

Metacritic

10

It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and give up his football career?

Anthony Michael Hall

Johnny Walker

Robert Downey Jr.

Leo Wiggins

Uma Thurman

Georgia Elkans

Paul Gleason

Wayne Hisler

Steve James

Coach Ned Sanders

Jennifer Tilly

Connie Hisler

Seymour Cassel

Wallace Gibson

Marshall Bell

Chief Elkans

Deborah May

Mrs. Walker

Robert Downey Sr.

NCAA Investigator

John Hawkes

Pizza Boy #1

John Pankow

Lou Landers

Michael Greene

Tex Wade

Michael Alldredge

Vinny Kroll

Jon Stafford

Bad Breath

Peter Koch

Pete Andropolous

• Bud S. SmithDirector
• Steve ZachariasWriter
• Jeff BuhaiWriter
• David ObstWriter
• Robert D. YeomanDirector of Photography
• M. Scott SmithEditor

Release date

March 22, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

R

Budget

$22,000,000

Revenue

$17,550,399

Genres

Comedy

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