Johnny Be Good

“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.”

4.5(144)19881h 31m

Comedy

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?

Director

Bud S. Smith

Budget

$22.0M

Revenue

$17.6M

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Cast

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

Reviews

1 review

Wuchak

8y ago

6.0

Uneven goofy teen comedy, but often fun and funny RELEASED IN 1988 and directed by Bud Smith, "Johnny Be Good" is a high school comedy starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Walker from central Texas, America's most wanted football prospect. Should Johnny take one of the tempting offers from scores of talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his babe (Uma Thurman), giving...