Screwballs (1983) on Netflix
At Taft and Adams High in 1965, five boys scheme to see Purity Busch undressed. She sets them up, the principal sends them to detention, and they plan revenge.
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Plot summary
It is 1965 at Taft and Adams High School, where five boys share one ambition: to see Purity Busch, the most beautiful girl in school, with nothing on. Rick McKay pretended to be a doctor handing out breast exams to new students. Brent Van Dusen III teased Purity in French class. Melvin Jerkovski was caught in the meat locker. Howie Bates rearranged the mirrors so he could look up the cheerleaders' skirts after practice. Tim Stevenson was tricked into the girls' washroom. Purity had a hand in all of it, and the principal packs the five of them into detention. There they make a pact, agreeing to work together to deflower the school's reigning virgin.
Cast
- Kent Deutersas Brent Van Dusen III
- Linda Specialeas Purity Busch
- Alan Deveauas Howie Bates
- Jason Warrenas Melvin Jerkovski
- James Coburnas Tim Stevenson (as Jim Coburn)
- Terrea Smithas Rhonda Rockett (as Terrea Foster)
- Donnie Bowesas Principal Stuckoff
- Kimberly Brooksas Miss Boudoir
- Nicky Fylanas Vince the Prince
- Paula Farmeras Miss Shivers
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Screwballs (1983)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Producer Roger Corman agreed to provide $500,000 of the budget for the film after Linda Shayne wrote a low-budget teen sex comedy with Jim Wynorski, originally titled Hide the Salami.
- Jim Wynorski designed the film's poster, inspired by Mad magazine, and Linda Shayne posed for the blonde figure on it.
- The film was originally called Crazy Times and set in 1962, but the setting was shifted to 1964.
