Walter Olkewicz | 80's Movie Guide

Making the Grade movie storyline. Lazy preppie Palmer Woodrow hires street-smart Eddie Keaton to go to school for him while he lives it up in Europe. Eddie falls in love with preppie gal Tracey, upsetting Biff, the Hoover Academy bully. When his bookie from the old neighborhood, Dice, comes to collect on Eddie's gambling debts and Palmer returns early from Europe, the the scheme slowly starts to unravel. Soon, Eddie can't even tell whose side he's really on. Making the Grade is a 1984 American teen comedy film. It was directed by Dorian Walker and written by Charles Gale and Gene Quintano and starred by Judd Nelson, Jonna Lee, Gordon Jump, Walter Olkewicz, Ronald Lacey, Dana Olsen, Carey Scott, Scott McGinnis and Lucile Doan Ewing. It was filmed at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. vMaking the Grade (1984) Directed by: Dorian Walker Starring: Judd Nelson, Jonna Lee, Gordon Jump, Walter Olkewicz, Ronald Lacey, Dana Olsen, Carey Scott, Scott McGinnis, Lucile Doan Ewing Screenplay by: Gene Quintano Cinematography by: Jacques Haitkin Film Editing by: Roy Watts, Daniel Wetherbee Costume Design by: Emily Draper, Barbara Kerwin Set Decoration by: Leslie Morales Art Direction by: Joseph T. Garrity Music by: Basil Poledouris Distributed by: Cannon Films Release Date: May 18, 1984