Plain Clothes

Undercover cop Nick Dunbar's (Arliss Howard) brother Matt (Loren Dean) is accused of killing his teacher, Mr. Bradwood (Mack Harrell) at Adlai Stevenson High School. Nick loses his temper with Hechtor (Larry Pine), the detective in charge, and gets suspended. Nick's partner Ed (Seymour Cassel) pretends to be Nick's dad to enroll him as a student. Matt gives Nick pointers to get people to talk to him. Nick deals with bullies, girls with crushes on him, teachers and staff who range from quirky to bizarre, and a teacher, Robin Torrence (Suzy Amis), to whom he is attracted who thinks he is a teen. The turning point in his popularity (and therefore his ability to get information) happens in the classroom metaphor scene, in which E.E. Cummings' poem ''she being brand new'', is used in its entirety. The character Renard (Michael Huguenor), who had a large part in the script but was mostly edited out of the film, makes his only appearance in this scene.

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 30583
  • Status Released
  • Released Worldwide January 1, 1988
  • Runtime 98 minutes
  • Genres Comedy Thriller
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
  • Spoken Languages English
  • Studio Paramount Pictures
  • Production Company Paramount Pictures Sierra Alta Productions
  • Production Countries United States of America
  • On Other Sites IMDB TheMovieDB.com
  • Box Office Worldwide $289,323
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