Playing for Keeps

Playing for Keeps

102 mins | Comedy, Family | Oct. 3, 1986

An ambitious trio of inner-city high school grads tries to hit the big time by turning a run-down country hotel into a rock & roll resort with around-the-clock music and live entertainment. Standing in their way are fearful townsfolk, unscrupulous businessmen and the tax collector, all threatening to bring the curtain down on the teens' aspirations. But this is one threesome who refuses to give up on their lifelong goal without a fight — and a song.

Playing for Keeps

102 mins | Comedy, Family | Oct. 3, 1986

Playing for Keeps
An ambitious trio of inner-city high school grads tries to hit the big time by turning a run-down country hotel into a rock & roll resort with around-the-clock music and live entertainment. Standing in their way are fearful townsfolk, unscrupulous businessmen and the tax collector, all threatening to bring the curtain down on the teens' aspirations. But this is one threesome who refuses to give up on their lifelong goal without a fight — and a song.
IMDb rating 4.4
Producers Miramax, Playing for Keeps Inc.
Original title Playing for Keeps
Directors Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein
Writers Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein

Cast

Daniel Jordano

as Danny

Matthew Penn

as Spikes

Leon W. Grant

as Silk

Mary B. Ward

as Chloe

Marisa Tomei

as Tracy

Jimmy Baio

as Steinberg

Harold Gould

as Rockerfeller

Kim Hauser

as Marie

Robert Milli

as Cromwell

John Randolph Jones

as Sheriff Billy Sullivan

Lenore Pemberton

as Dancer - Spikes' Fantasy