Three O'Clock High
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Three O'Clock High is a 1987 high-school
comedy film
, directed by Phil Joanou
, written by Richard Christian Matheson
and Thomas Szollosi, and produced by Aaron Spelling
. It was filmed at Ogden High School in Ogden, Utah
, but, in part, was inspired by Joanou's own experiences at La Canada High School
. Though it did not do very well at the box office, the film is a minor cult classic
among high school films. It shows high school as most people remember it, with mundane days punctuated by occasional thrills.
The term "three o'clock high" is a play on words, a war-time aviation term using clock position
for an enemy that is above and to the right, and a High Noon
confrontation that takes place at 3:00 p.m. (in a western high school). Like Gary Cooper
in High Noon
, Jerry Mitchell is powerless to keep the march of time from bringing an appointment with a frightening enemy. During the film, Jerry runs through a typical high school day: working at the student store, the school paper class, a science film, a pep rally, World History, English Literature, Algebra 2, getting sent to the office, and facing a bully. But the film also is like the daydream world of a frustrated high school senior, punctuated with increasingly fantastic events as he goes through his day. Siemaszko, and the rest of the cast, are plain looking actors portraying ordinary students and teachers. Unusual photography, camera angles, zooms and closeups characterize the film, along with slow motion sequences.
) and his kid sister Brei (Stacey Glick
) have the house to themselves, as their parents have gone to Fort Lauderdale. It's 7:30am and Jerry had to open the student store at 7am, so he rushes through his morning routine. His car has a flat tire, so the kids must take Mom's uncool station wagon
. Jerry picks up his odd girlfriend, Franny (Anne Ryan), and nearly wrecks the car when he pays more attention to another girl than to a red light. When they arrive, the talk of the school is about Buddy Revell (Richard Tyson
), a delinquent who has transferred in from the continuation high school.
Jerry's first hour is at the school newspaper where his best friend, Vincent Costello (Jonathan Wise), is the editor. The teacher has the idea of doing an article about Buddy to welcome the "new kid" and she assigns Jerry to do the interview. Jerry is sick over the assignment, and goes to the restroom. While there, he sees Buddy and clumsily attempts to introduce himself and brings up the idea of the article. Through a series of poorly chosen statements, Jerry realizes he is only making Buddy angry and ultimately decides to cut his losses and tells Buddy to "...just forget this whole thing happened", giving Buddy friendly tap on the arm. Jerry, not knowing that Buddy is a "touch freak", is then quickly and angrily tossed around the bathroom by a raging Buddy and violently thrown and held up against the now broken mirror. Buddy then calmly tells a terrified Jerry that has made him very mad and he has to "work off" his anger with a fight in the parking lot after school at 3 o'clock.
With little more than six hours until the encounter, Jerry tries different strategies to avoid the fight. Trying to reason with Buddy in the hallway doesn't work. Vincent suggests that he plant a switchblade in Buddy's locker to get him kicked out of school (which backfires). Brei advises him to simply skip school, but when Jerry tries to drive away, he finds the switchblade stuck in the steering wheel, and the car ignition wires cut. Trying to run, Jerry is caught by an overzealous school security guard known as "the Duker" (Mitch Pileggi
), who finds the switchblade and takes Jerry to the office of Mr. Dolinski (Charles Macaulay), the Dean of Discipline. Seeing an otherwise perfectly clean school record, the now suspicious Mr. Dolinski informs Jerry that he will be keeping his eye on him from now on and lets him go. Jerry's next idea is to ask Craig Mattey (Mike Jolly
), a boy on the football team to beat up Buddy. Craig agrees, but wants $450, so Jerry robs the cash register in the student store and pays Craig's fee. As Jerry and Vincent watch from afar, Craig finds Buddy in the library, quietly reading a book. While he's trying to intimidate Buddy, Craig makes the mistake of touching him. Buddy then breaks Craig's finger and punches him in the face, sending all of the bookshelves toppling like dominoes, revealing Jerry and Vincent. The sight of Craig's bloodied face and missing teeth sends Jerry to the bathroom, vomiting. Vincent brings back $350, having given Craig $100 "for his trouble". Jerry asks why he didn't get all the money back and the two friends begin arguing about how the whole thing started. The confrontation gets heated and finally, Jerry wants Vincent to admit that he set him up from the start. Vincent doesn't deny the accusation and throws down the money before walking away.
Brei suggests another idea for avoiding the fight: cause trouble during his next class, getting detention, and thus having an excuse not to meet Buddy after school. To do this, Jerry engages in a sequence of actions calculated to offend the literature teacher, Ms. Farmer (Caitlin O'Heaney
). He volunteers to give an impromptu book report on a raunchy paperback, "Honey Goes to Hollywood". As he gives the report, he lights a cigarette and casually smokes it while giving the report; all the while using dialogue laced with slang and poor English. He then makes a thinly veiled attempt to seduce the primly dressed yet sensuous Ms. Farmer, culminating in a passionate kiss. This plan also backfires when, instead of being offended, she is visibly aroused
by his "performance" and affected rugged demeanor, as she responds to his advance. In the act of kissing her, he loses consciousness and falls to the floor with a content expression on his face. When he wakes up in the school infirmary, the nurse (Alice Nunn
) informs him that he didn't get detention, but Ms. Farmer said his was the best book report and left her home phone number. Leaving the infirmary, Jerry runs into the beautiful Karen. Already having heard about what happened in Ms. Farmer's class, she invites him to her party the following night. Jerry then finds a confident Franny at the student store, who has lit candles to set the mood for "bonding" with him. After another passionate kiss, Franny becomes woozy and leaves as she tries to catch her breath, leaving Jerry alone. Just as Franny has left, Mr. Rice returns to the store, along with a detective (Philip Baker Hall
) who is investigating the store robbery, strongly suspecting an inside job
.
In Algebra class, Jerry finds Buddy sitting right next to him. As a pop quiz is given, Buddy signals to be allowed to copy off Jerry. He sees this as an opportunity to get out of the fight and allows it, only to get caught. Both of them are sent to the office of Mr. O'Rourke (John P. Ryan
), the vice principal. Seeing this as another chance to get Buddy off his back, Jerry admits to cheating off of Buddy which O'Rourke doesn't believe. But when Buddy correctly answers the rather involved math problems involving exponents posed ad-hoc by O'Rourke, he concludes that Jerry must have cheated, and expresses disappointment in him. Leaving the office, Jerry tries to approach Buddy as a comrade, with no success. Finally, Jerry offers Buddy the remaining $350 to call off the fight. Buddy accepts the money, but scornfully calls Jerry "the biggest pussy I ever met in my life." Self-loathing leads to anger and determination, and the frightened, undersized Jerry decides to confront Buddy and demand his money back. When Buddy refuses to do so, Jerry tells him that he "is no pussy" and that the fight is back. He proudly walks away to get ready for the fight.
The fight begins in front of the entire student body who are all cheering in a frenzy. Attempts are made throughout by O'Rourke, The Duker and Franny to stop the fight but all wind up incapacitated on the ground at the hands of Buddy. Jerry, though obviously out-matched, still manages to stand his ground as the fight continues and the tension builds. Jerry finally lands a punch that draws blood and Buddy, more embarrassed than physically stunned, returns a devastating blow that knocks Jerry down in a daze. Buddy doesn't consider the fight over yet as he slowly puts on brass knuckles while standing over a barely conscious Jerry. In a last-ditch effort to save his friend, Vincent runs up throwing a flurry of nerdy punches knocking the brass knuckles out of Buddy's hand. Brei picks them up and gives them to her brother who is now ready to continue the fight. Buddy quickly disposes of Vincent and now wants to finish Jerry off. The two circle each other slowly and finally Buddy throws a punch, missing. Jerry sees his opportunity and lands a fight-ending punch, knocking Buddy unconscious to which the crowd erupts with cheers.
The next day, many students show their appreciation to Jerry for giving them such a great fight (one student had set up a betting pool
and did quite well), and begin buying individual sheets of paper from the school store for $1 each (at the suggestion of a remorseful Vincent) to help Jerry make up the lost student store cash. Buddy Revell shows up silencing the bustling crowd and begrudgingly shows respect by returning the $350. Karen Clark then expresses interest in Jerry by reminding him about her upcoming party. Ms. Farmer reappears and confesses her desire for Jerry by kissing him in front of everyone. The film ends with Jerry replacing Buddy as the new talk of the school, with the rumors having a wide and humorous range of alignment with the truth.
s nationwide on October 9, 1987; gaining a $1,506,975 opening weekend gross. The total lifetime gross of the film is approximately $3,685,862, earning 40.9% of its total gross during opening weekend.
Teen film
Teen films is a film genre targeted at teenagers and young adults in which the plot is based upon the special interests of teenagers, such as coming of age, first love, rebellion, conflict with parents, teen angst, and alienation...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
, directed by Phil Joanou
Phil Joanou
Phil Joanou is an American film director. He is also well known for his work with Irish rock band U2, having directed their rockumentary/live tape Rattle and Hum, one of three videos filmed for "One", and the video for "All Because of You"...
, written by Richard Christian Matheson
Richard Christian Matheson
Richard Christian Matheson is an American writer of horror fiction and screenplays. He is the author of the short story collections Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks and Dystopia; the novel Created By; and the screenplay for the Showtime Masters of Horror installments Dance of the Dead and...
and Thomas Szollosi, and produced by Aaron Spelling
Aaron Spelling
Aaron Spelling was an American film and television producer. As of 2009, Spelling's eponymous production company Spelling Television holds the record as the most prolific television writer, with 218 producer and executive producer credits...
. It was filmed at Ogden High School in Ogden, Utah
Ogden, Utah
Ogden is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. Ogden serves as the county seat of Weber County. The population was 82,825 according to the 2010 Census. The city served as a major railway hub through much of its history, and still handles a great deal of freight rail traffic which makes it a...
, but, in part, was inspired by Joanou's own experiences at La Canada High School
La Cañada High School
La Cañada High School is a high school located in La Cañada Flintridge, California. It sits at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains, below the Angeles National Forest, in the City of La Cañada Flintridge...
. Though it did not do very well at the box office, the film is a minor cult classic
Cult film
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but specific group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame among mainstream audiences...
among high school films. It shows high school as most people remember it, with mundane days punctuated by occasional thrills.
The term "three o'clock high" is a play on words, a war-time aviation term using clock position
Clock position
Clock position is a way of communicating the relative direction of an object using the analogy of a 12-hour clock. One imagines a clock face lying either upright or flat in front of oneself, and identifies the twelve hour markings with the directions in which they point.Using this analogy, 12...
for an enemy that is above and to the right, and a High Noon
High Noon
High Noon is a 1952 American Western film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. The film tells in real time the story of a town marshal forced to face a gang of killers by himself...
confrontation that takes place at 3:00 p.m. (in a western high school). Like Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper
Frank James Cooper, known professionally as Gary Cooper, was an American film actor. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited to the many Westerns he made...
in High Noon
High Noon
High Noon is a 1952 American Western film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. The film tells in real time the story of a town marshal forced to face a gang of killers by himself...
, Jerry Mitchell is powerless to keep the march of time from bringing an appointment with a frightening enemy. During the film, Jerry runs through a typical high school day: working at the student store, the school paper class, a science film, a pep rally, World History, English Literature, Algebra 2, getting sent to the office, and facing a bully. But the film also is like the daydream world of a frustrated high school senior, punctuated with increasingly fantastic events as he goes through his day. Siemaszko, and the rest of the cast, are plain looking actors portraying ordinary students and teachers. Unusual photography, camera angles, zooms and closeups characterize the film, along with slow motion sequences.
Plot summary
Meek high school student Jerry Mitchell (Casey SiemaszkoCasey Siemaszko
Casey Siemaszko is an American actor and the brother of actress Nina Siemaszko. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 17, 1961 to a Polish American father, a fighter in the Polish Underground who survived the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and an English mother.Siemaszko's best known film...
) and his kid sister Brei (Stacey Glick
Stacey Glick
Stacey Glick is a former American child actress who was born December 29, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York.Her most prominent roles came in the late-1980s in the films Brighton Beach Memoirs and Three O'Clock High. The latter was also her last film role....
) have the house to themselves, as their parents have gone to Fort Lauderdale. It's 7:30am and Jerry had to open the student store at 7am, so he rushes through his morning routine. His car has a flat tire, so the kids must take Mom's uncool station wagon
Station wagon
A station wagon is a body style variant of a sedan/saloon with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume with access at the back via a third or fifth door , instead of a trunk lid...
. Jerry picks up his odd girlfriend, Franny (Anne Ryan), and nearly wrecks the car when he pays more attention to another girl than to a red light. When they arrive, the talk of the school is about Buddy Revell (Richard Tyson
Richard Tyson
Richard Martin Tyson is an American actor.-Biography:His most prominent role was as the villain Cullen Crisp, Sr. in Kindergarten Cop co-starring alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger. He also starred as high school bully Buddy Revell in the 1987 comedy Three O'Clock High...
), a delinquent who has transferred in from the continuation high school.
Jerry's first hour is at the school newspaper where his best friend, Vincent Costello (Jonathan Wise), is the editor. The teacher has the idea of doing an article about Buddy to welcome the "new kid" and she assigns Jerry to do the interview. Jerry is sick over the assignment, and goes to the restroom. While there, he sees Buddy and clumsily attempts to introduce himself and brings up the idea of the article. Through a series of poorly chosen statements, Jerry realizes he is only making Buddy angry and ultimately decides to cut his losses and tells Buddy to "...just forget this whole thing happened", giving Buddy friendly tap on the arm. Jerry, not knowing that Buddy is a "touch freak", is then quickly and angrily tossed around the bathroom by a raging Buddy and violently thrown and held up against the now broken mirror. Buddy then calmly tells a terrified Jerry that has made him very mad and he has to "work off" his anger with a fight in the parking lot after school at 3 o'clock.
With little more than six hours until the encounter, Jerry tries different strategies to avoid the fight. Trying to reason with Buddy in the hallway doesn't work. Vincent suggests that he plant a switchblade in Buddy's locker to get him kicked out of school (which backfires). Brei advises him to simply skip school, but when Jerry tries to drive away, he finds the switchblade stuck in the steering wheel, and the car ignition wires cut. Trying to run, Jerry is caught by an overzealous school security guard known as "the Duker" (Mitch Pileggi
Mitch Pileggi
Mitchell Craig "Mitch" Pileggi is an American actor. Pileggi is known for playing FBI assistant director Walter Skinner on the long-running popular series The X-Files. He also had a recurring role on Stargate Atlantis as Col. Steven Caldwell...
), who finds the switchblade and takes Jerry to the office of Mr. Dolinski (Charles Macaulay), the Dean of Discipline. Seeing an otherwise perfectly clean school record, the now suspicious Mr. Dolinski informs Jerry that he will be keeping his eye on him from now on and lets him go. Jerry's next idea is to ask Craig Mattey (Mike Jolly
Mike Jolly
Mike Jolly is a former professional American football player who played defensive back for three seasons for the Green Bay Packers-References:...
), a boy on the football team to beat up Buddy. Craig agrees, but wants $450, so Jerry robs the cash register in the student store and pays Craig's fee. As Jerry and Vincent watch from afar, Craig finds Buddy in the library, quietly reading a book. While he's trying to intimidate Buddy, Craig makes the mistake of touching him. Buddy then breaks Craig's finger and punches him in the face, sending all of the bookshelves toppling like dominoes, revealing Jerry and Vincent. The sight of Craig's bloodied face and missing teeth sends Jerry to the bathroom, vomiting. Vincent brings back $350, having given Craig $100 "for his trouble". Jerry asks why he didn't get all the money back and the two friends begin arguing about how the whole thing started. The confrontation gets heated and finally, Jerry wants Vincent to admit that he set him up from the start. Vincent doesn't deny the accusation and throws down the money before walking away.
Brei suggests another idea for avoiding the fight: cause trouble during his next class, getting detention, and thus having an excuse not to meet Buddy after school. To do this, Jerry engages in a sequence of actions calculated to offend the literature teacher, Ms. Farmer (Caitlin O'Heaney
Caitlin O'Heaney
Caitlin O'Heaney is an American TV, film and stage actress. O'Heaney has worked extensively in live theater, but is best known for playing Sarah Stickney White, the female lead on the ABC series Tales of the Gold Monkey in the early 1980s...
). He volunteers to give an impromptu book report on a raunchy paperback, "Honey Goes to Hollywood". As he gives the report, he lights a cigarette and casually smokes it while giving the report; all the while using dialogue laced with slang and poor English. He then makes a thinly veiled attempt to seduce the primly dressed yet sensuous Ms. Farmer, culminating in a passionate kiss. This plan also backfires when, instead of being offended, she is visibly aroused
Sexual arousal
Sexual arousal, or sexual excitement, is the arousal of sexual desire, during or in anticipation of sexual activity. Things that precipitate human sexual arousal are called erotic stimuli, or colloquially known as turn-ons. There are many potential stimuli, both physical or mental, which can cause...
by his "performance" and affected rugged demeanor, as she responds to his advance. In the act of kissing her, he loses consciousness and falls to the floor with a content expression on his face. When he wakes up in the school infirmary, the nurse (Alice Nunn
Alice Nunn
Alice Elizabeth Nunn, was an American film and theatre actress. She was born in Jacksonville, Florida and died at her apartment in West Hollywood, California...
) informs him that he didn't get detention, but Ms. Farmer said his was the best book report and left her home phone number. Leaving the infirmary, Jerry runs into the beautiful Karen. Already having heard about what happened in Ms. Farmer's class, she invites him to her party the following night. Jerry then finds a confident Franny at the student store, who has lit candles to set the mood for "bonding" with him. After another passionate kiss, Franny becomes woozy and leaves as she tries to catch her breath, leaving Jerry alone. Just as Franny has left, Mr. Rice returns to the store, along with a detective (Philip Baker Hall
Philip Baker Hall
-Early life:Hall was born in Toledo, Ohio, the son of a factory worker father who was from Montgomery, Alabama. He attended the University of Toledo. As a younger man, Hall served in the military, started a family, and became a high school English teacher. In 1961, he decided to become an actor...
) who is investigating the store robbery, strongly suspecting an inside job
Inside job
Inside job refers to a crime committed by a person with a position of trust, such as insider trading.Inside job may also refer to:* Inside Job , a 2005 novella by Connie Willis* Inside Job , a 2000 studio album by Don Henley...
.
In Algebra class, Jerry finds Buddy sitting right next to him. As a pop quiz is given, Buddy signals to be allowed to copy off Jerry. He sees this as an opportunity to get out of the fight and allows it, only to get caught. Both of them are sent to the office of Mr. O'Rourke (John P. Ryan
John P. Ryan (actor)
John P. Ryan was an American character actor, best known for his role as Warden Ranken in the 1985 film Runaway Train.Ryan died from a stroke in Los Angeles, California in 2007 at the age of 70.-Filmography:...
), the vice principal. Seeing this as another chance to get Buddy off his back, Jerry admits to cheating off of Buddy which O'Rourke doesn't believe. But when Buddy correctly answers the rather involved math problems involving exponents posed ad-hoc by O'Rourke, he concludes that Jerry must have cheated, and expresses disappointment in him. Leaving the office, Jerry tries to approach Buddy as a comrade, with no success. Finally, Jerry offers Buddy the remaining $350 to call off the fight. Buddy accepts the money, but scornfully calls Jerry "the biggest pussy I ever met in my life." Self-loathing leads to anger and determination, and the frightened, undersized Jerry decides to confront Buddy and demand his money back. When Buddy refuses to do so, Jerry tells him that he "is no pussy" and that the fight is back. He proudly walks away to get ready for the fight.
The fight begins in front of the entire student body who are all cheering in a frenzy. Attempts are made throughout by O'Rourke, The Duker and Franny to stop the fight but all wind up incapacitated on the ground at the hands of Buddy. Jerry, though obviously out-matched, still manages to stand his ground as the fight continues and the tension builds. Jerry finally lands a punch that draws blood and Buddy, more embarrassed than physically stunned, returns a devastating blow that knocks Jerry down in a daze. Buddy doesn't consider the fight over yet as he slowly puts on brass knuckles while standing over a barely conscious Jerry. In a last-ditch effort to save his friend, Vincent runs up throwing a flurry of nerdy punches knocking the brass knuckles out of Buddy's hand. Brei picks them up and gives them to her brother who is now ready to continue the fight. Buddy quickly disposes of Vincent and now wants to finish Jerry off. The two circle each other slowly and finally Buddy throws a punch, missing. Jerry sees his opportunity and lands a fight-ending punch, knocking Buddy unconscious to which the crowd erupts with cheers.
The next day, many students show their appreciation to Jerry for giving them such a great fight (one student had set up a betting pool
Betting pool
A betting pool, sports lottery, sweep or office pool if done at work, is a form of gambling, specifically a variant of parimutuel betting influenced by lotteries, where gamblers pay a fixed price into a pool , and then make a selection on some outcome, usually related to sport...
and did quite well), and begin buying individual sheets of paper from the school store for $1 each (at the suggestion of a remorseful Vincent) to help Jerry make up the lost student store cash. Buddy Revell shows up silencing the bustling crowd and begrudgingly shows respect by returning the $350. Karen Clark then expresses interest in Jerry by reminding him about her upcoming party. Ms. Farmer reappears and confesses her desire for Jerry by kissing him in front of everyone. The film ends with Jerry replacing Buddy as the new talk of the school, with the rumors having a wide and humorous range of alignment with the truth.
Cast
- Casey SiemaszkoCasey SiemaszkoCasey Siemaszko is an American actor and the brother of actress Nina Siemaszko. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 17, 1961 to a Polish American father, a fighter in the Polish Underground who survived the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and an English mother.Siemaszko's best known film...
as Jerry Mitchell - Anne Ryan as Franny Perrins
- Richard TysonRichard TysonRichard Martin Tyson is an American actor.-Biography:His most prominent role was as the villain Cullen Crisp, Sr. in Kindergarten Cop co-starring alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger. He also starred as high school bully Buddy Revell in the 1987 comedy Three O'Clock High...
as Buddy Revell - Stacey GlickStacey GlickStacey Glick is a former American child actress who was born December 29, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York.Her most prominent roles came in the late-1980s in the films Brighton Beach Memoirs and Three O'Clock High. The latter was also her last film role....
as Brei Mitchell - Jonathan Wise as Vincent Costello
- Jeffrey TamborJeffrey TamborJeffrey Michael Tambor is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles as George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development and Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show.-Early life:...
as Mr. Rice - Philip Baker HallPhilip Baker Hall-Early life:Hall was born in Toledo, Ohio, the son of a factory worker father who was from Montgomery, Alabama. He attended the University of Toledo. As a younger man, Hall served in the military, started a family, and became a high school English teacher. In 1961, he decided to become an actor...
as Detective Mulvahill - John P. RyanJohn P. Ryan (actor)John P. Ryan was an American character actor, best known for his role as Warden Ranken in the 1985 film Runaway Train.Ryan died from a stroke in Los Angeles, California in 2007 at the age of 70.-Filmography:...
as Mr. O'Rourke - Theron ReadTheron ReadTheron Read was an American film actor from the state of Utah. He was most remembered for his role as Mark Bojeekus in the 1987 comedy Three O'Clock High...
as Mark Bojeekus - Liza MorrowLiza MorrowLiza Morrow is an American actress. She played Virginia Metheny in the final season of the television soap opera Dynasty.She also played the role of Karen in the movie Three o'Clock High in 1987....
as Karen Clark - Guy Massey as Scott Cranston
- Charles Macaulay as Voytek Dolinski
- Caitlin O'HeaneyCaitlin O'HeaneyCaitlin O'Heaney is an American TV, film and stage actress. O'Heaney has worked extensively in live theater, but is best known for playing Sarah Stickney White, the female lead on the ABC series Tales of the Gold Monkey in the early 1980s...
as Miss Farmer - Alice NunnAlice NunnAlice Elizabeth Nunn, was an American film and theatre actress. She was born in Jacksonville, Florida and died at her apartment in West Hollywood, California...
as Nurse Palmer - Paul FeigPaul FeigPaul S. Feig is an American director, actor and author. Feig is known for playing Mr. Eugene Pool, Sabrina's science teacher, on the first season of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as well as Tim a camp counselor on the hit kids movie Heavyweights...
as Hall monitor - Yeardley SmithYeardley SmithYeardley Smith is a French-born American actress, voice actress, writer and painter. She is best known for her long-running role as Lisa Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons....
as Cheerleader
Release
Three O'Clock High opened in 849 theatreTheatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
s nationwide on October 9, 1987; gaining a $1,506,975 opening weekend gross. The total lifetime gross of the film is approximately $3,685,862, earning 40.9% of its total gross during opening weekend.