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Real Genius (1985)

When he gets mad, he doesn't get even… he gets creative.

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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 Val Kilmer Chris Knight
  • Gabriel Jarret Gabriel Jarret Mitch Taylor
  • Michelle Meyrink Michelle Meyrink Jordan
  • William Atherton William Atherton Professor Hathaway
  • Robert Prescott Robert Prescott Kent
  • Louis Giambalvo Louis Giambalvo Major Carnagle
  • Jon Gries Jon Gries Lazlo Hollyfeld
  • Ed Lauter Ed Lauter CIA Man Decker
  • Stacy Peralta Stacy Peralta Shuttle Pilot
  • Daniel Ades Daniel Ades Laser Ray Victim
  • Andres Aybar Bartender
  • Charles Shull Air Force General
  • Beau Billingslea Beau Billingslea George
  • Charles Parks Charles Parks Larry
  • Sean Frye Sean Frye Boy at Science Fair
  • JoAnn Willette JoAnn Willette Girl at Science Fair
  • Ina Gould Old Lady
  • Nadine Vix Student at Science Fair

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