Themes: Gender-Bending, Assumed Identities, Schemes and Ruses
Main Cast: Joyce Hyser, Clayton Rohner, Billy Jayne, William Zabka, Toni Hudson, Sherilyn Fenn, Arye Gross
Release Year: 1985
Country: US
Run Time: 100 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
In this uneven teen comedy, an aspiring female high-school journalist assumes a fake male identity after her essay on just that subject -- a woman posing as a male jock -- is rejected in a contest. Miffed by what she assumes is a bias against her gender in the rejection of her essay, Terry (Joyce Hyser) dons the right garb, gets a new haircut, drops her voice down to a suitable male-sounding register and passes herself off as a guy (okay, not believably, but one is willing to go along with the conceit to see what happens). As she soon discovers, moments in the locker room and at phys ed classes can be harrowing, but worse yet, she becomes seriously enamored of Rick (Clayton Rohner) a quiet, good-looking guy who does not run with either the macho or preppie pack. How can she broach the subject of her real identity? Terry's friends have their own romantic interests, all of which are resolved at the high school prom. It just had to be -- this film was followed by one titled Just One of the Girls with another director, and a male cross-dresser as the featured protagonist. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Deborah Goodrich - Deborah; Leigh McCloskey - Kevin; Robert Fieldsteel - Phil; Stuart Charno - Reptile; John Apicella - Coach Morrison; Kenneth Tigar - Mr. Raymaker; Annette Benson; Katy Boyer - Jeanine; Ramon Chavez - Mr. Mendosa; Jay W. Davis - Prom Band; Randy Mooers - Cool Guy; Jack Williams - Julian; Steven Basil - Mark; Don Blanton - Jimmy; Stacy Blythe - Linda; Tony Brock - Prom Band; Troy Clegg - Cool Guy; John Coury - Prom Band; Joseph Finsterwald - Freshman; Anthony Galde - Ralph; Mickey Guinn - Security Guard; Linda Kelly - Betty; Brian Melrose - Boy in Locker Room; Kim Norwitz - Jill; Emily Ragsdale - English Teacher; Frank Sprague - Mr. Grasso; Kim Studer - Beth; James Michael Zavala - Prom Band; Richard Blake - Janitor
Credit
Peck Prior - Associate Producer, Don McFarlane - Associate Producer, Annette Benson - Casting, Dennis Feldman - Co-producer, George Little - Costume Designer, Linda Matthews - Costume Designer, Lisa Gottlieb - Director, Lou Lombardo - Editor, Tony Lombardo - Editor, Jeff Franklin - Executive Producer, Tom Scott - Composer (Music Score), Ron Aniella - Songwriter, Stephen Geyer - Songwriter, Preston Glass - Songwriter, Marvin Morrow - Songwriter, Jon Reede - Songwriter, Mark Tanner - Songwriter, Narada Michael Walden - Songwriter, David Quaschnick - Makeup, Frank Westmore - Makeup, Tommy Thompson - Makeup, Paul Peters - Production Designer, Don Goldman - Production Designer, John McPherson - Cinematographer, Andrew Fogelson - Producer, Richard Reams - Set Designer, Steve M. Davison - Stunts, Dennis Feldman - Screenwriter, Jeff Franklin - Screenwriter
Just One of the Guys was a 1985comedy film, directed by Lisa Gottlieb. The film is marketed with the tagline "Terri Griffith is about to go where no woman has gone before." This movie ranked number 48 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the "50 Best High School Movies".[1]
Just One of the Guys tells the story of Terri Griffith (Joyce Hyser) as an aspiring teenage journalist living in the suburbs who feels that teachers don't take her seriously because of her good looks. So when she fails to get her dream internship, she comes to the conclusion that it's because she's a girl.
To remedy the situation, she decides to enroll at a rival high school. Her brother Buddy, a sex-obsessed loudmouth, helps her disguise herself as a boy, and keeps tabs on Terri throughout her experiment. After fending off a bully (William Zabka) and a "girlfriend", she manages to be accepted as one of the guys. But then she meets Rick (Clayton Rohner), a gold-hearted nerd. After walking him through an image makeover, she falls for him.
