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Plot summary
Laura Ramstead, a senior on her high school track team, collapses during a meet and dies of a cardiac embolism. Two months on, her older sister Anne, a U.S.N. officer, reaches the small Southern California town for the graduation ceremony at which Laura is to be honored. Anne holds Coach Michaels, who trained Laura, to blame for the pressure that she thinks killed her. On the wooded trails, Paula, a teammate, is stabbed to death by an unseen attacker. A gymnast named Sally dies in the school locker room, cornered by someone dressed in fencing gear.
Cast
- Patch Mackenzieas Anne Ramstead
- E. Danny Murphyas Kevin Badger
- Richard Balinas Mr. Roberts
- Denise Cheshireas Sally
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Graduation Day (1981)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Critics across the U.S. refused to review Graduation Day as part of a boycott of gory slasher films meant to hurt the genre at the box office; Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert skipped it on their TV show and never wrote print reviews of it.
