Can't Buy Me Love (movie)

Can't Buy Me Love is a 1987 American teen romantic comedy feature movie starring Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson in a story about a nerd at a high school in Tucson, Arizona who gives a cheerleader $1,000 to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month. The movie was directed by Steve Rash and takes its title from a Beatles song with the same title.

Can't Buy Me Love
Directed bySteve Rash
Produced byThom Mount
Written byMichael Swerdlick
Starring
Music byRobert Folk
CinematographyPeter Lyons Collister
Edited byJeff Gourson
Production
company
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures
Release date
August 14, 1987 (1987-08-14)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$31.6 million

Cast

Release dates

Country Premiere
  United States 14 August 1987
  Brazil 18 December 1987
  Australia 31 December 1987
  Chile 1988
  Peru 1988
  Argentina 7 January 1988
  Netherlands 11 February 1988
  Japan 19 March 1988
  Italy 2 May 1988
  West Germany 19 May 1988
  Sweden 20 May 1988
  Finland 27 May 1988
  Portugal 17 June 1988
  Denmark 4 November 1988
  Ireland 26 May 1989