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Real Genius

When he gets mad, he doesn't get even… he gets creative.
Aug 7, 1985 · 1h 46m
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Comedy
Romance
Science Fiction

PLOT

When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn that the military wants to use it as a weapon, they decide to thwart the plan.

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CAST

Val Kilmer
Chris Knight
Gabriel Jarret
Mitch Taylor
Michelle Meyrink
Jordan
William Atherton
Professor Hathaway
Robert Prescott
Kent
Louis Giambalvo
Major Carnagle
Jon Gries
Lazlo Hollyfeld
Ed Lauter
CIA Man Decker
Directed by Martha Coolidge

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$8,000,000
Revenue
$12,952,019
Production
Tri-Star-Delphi III Productions, Brian Grazer Productions
Country
US

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