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Can't Buy Me Love
Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clothes. Ronald agrees to pay for the $1,000 outfit on one condition: that she will act as though they're a couple for an entire month. As the days pass, however, Cindy grows fond of Ronald, making him popular. But when Ronald's former best friend gets left behind, he realizes that social success isn't everything.
1987 · Directed by Steve Rash · 94 min · Comedy · Romance · 17 frames
Tagline
Ronald is making an investment in his senior year. He's hiring the prettiest cheerleader in school to be his girlfriend.
Crew
- Written by: Michael Swerdlick
- Cinematography: Peter Lyons Collister
- Edited by: Jeff Gourson
- Music: Robert Folk
- Production design: Donald Lee Harris
- Produced by: Thom Mount
Cast
- Patrick Dempsey as Ronald Miller
- Amanda Peterson as Cindy Mancini
- Courtney Gains as Kenneth Wurman
- Tina Caspary as Barbara
- Seth Green as Chuckie Miller
- Sharon Farrell as Mrs. Mancini
- Dennis Dugan as David Miller
- Darcy DeMoss as Patty
- Devin DeVasquez as Iris
- Eric Bruskotter as Big John
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Apollo Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, The Mount Company, Silver Screen Partners III
- Budget: $1,800,000
- Box office: $31,623,833
- Themes: new year's eve, high school, cheerleader, nerd, coming of age, dress, break-up, teen comedy, teen drama, evening gown
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