Director: John Hughes

Writer: John Hughes

Music Composed and Supervised by: Keith Forsey

Producers: Ned Tanen; John Hughes

Keywords: Comedy, Coming of Age

Five students spend 8 hours on a Saturday in detention at Shermer High School in Chicagoland: nerd, jock, princess, delinquent, and basket case. From separate cliques they would not interact much; in detention here they find they have much in common. In this iconic Generation-X film, director John Hughes has created something far greater than the sum of its parts.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Emilio Estevez	Actor	12-May-1962		Otto in Repo Man
Paul Gleason	Actor	4-May-1939	27-May-2006	The Breakfast Club
Anthony Michael Hall	Actor	14-Apr-1968		Sixteen Candles
John Kapelos	Actor	8-Mar-1956		Det. Schanke on Forever Knight
Judd Nelson	Actor	28-Nov-1959		The Breakfast Club
Molly Ringwald	Actor	18-Feb-1968		The Breakfast Club
Ally Sheedy	Actor	13-Jun-1962		The Breakfast Club

CAST

Starring
Emilio Estevez	...   Andrew Clark
Paul Gleason	...   Richard Vernon
Anthony Michael Hall	...   Brian Johnson
John Kapelos	...   Carl
Judd Nelson	...   John Bender
Molly Ringwald	...   Claire Standish
Ally Sheedy	...   Allison Reynolds
Perry Crawford	...   Allison's Father
Mary Christian	...   Brian's Sister
Ron Dean	...   Andy's Father
Tim Gamble	...   Claire's Father
Fran Gargano	...   Allison's Mom
Mercedes Hall	...   Brian's Mom

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