Summary A quiet school truant officer, Joe, uncovers a young boy's attempt to fake a residential address, and subsequently gets involved romantically with the boy's mother. The truant officer waffles between a sadistic relationship with his on-again, off-again girlfriend and the mother. When one of the officer's inventions takes off, he chooses the girl and shatters the friendship with the boy and his mother. Only at the last possible moment does he figure out what he's sacrificed, and attempts to get it back. View more details
Directed : Glenn Jordan
Written : Mary Agnes Donoghue
Stars : Nancy Allen Richard Dreyfuss Susan Sarandon Jean Stapleton
Genres : Comedy Drama Romance
Release date : Jan 19, 1984
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies : Twentieth Century Fox
Summary A quiet school truant officer, Joe, uncovers a young boy's attempt to fake a residential address, and subsequently gets involved romantically with the boy's mother. The truant officer waffles between a sadistic relationship with his on-again, off-again girlfriend and the mother. When one of the officer's inventions takes off, he chooses the girl and shatters the friendship with the boy and his mother. Only at the last possible moment does he figure out what he's sacrificed, and attempts to get it back. View more details
Genres : Comedy Drama Romance
Release date : Jan 19, 1984
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies : Twentieth Century Fox
