
Like Father Like Son
PG-13“Chris and his dad have accidentally changed bodies - but no big deal. Chris gets the Jag and the Gold Card. Dad gets the fake ID and the bio final.”
1987·96 min·Released
Studio: Imagine Entertainment, Questar Entertainment, TriStar Pictures
5.7TMDb
5.2IMDb
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Theatrical Oct 2, 1987
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USA · English · USA
Overview
Dr. Jack Hammond has best chances to become medical superintendent in the clinic. So he's completely absorbed in his work and has no understanding for his teenage son Chris' problems with school. By accident one of them drinks a brain-exchanging serum, and it switches their identities. This leads of course to extraordinary complications in school and at work, but also to insight in the problems and feelings of each other.
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Crew
DirectorRod Daniel
WriterSteve Bloom, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton
Cast

Dudley Moore
Dr. Jack Hammond / Chris Hammond

Kirk Cameron
Chris Hammond / Dr. Jack Hammond

Margaret Colin
Ginnie Armbruster

Catherine Hicks
Dr. Amy Larkin

Patrick O'Neal
Dr. Larry Armbruster

Sean Astin
Clarence / Trigger

Camille Cooper
Lori Beaumont

Micah Grant
Rick Anderson, Lori's Boyfriend
Bill Morrison
Trigger's Uncle Earl

Skeeter Vaughan
Medicine Man

Larry Sellers
Navajo Helper
Tami David
Navajo Girl

Maxine Stuart
Phyllis, Hammonds' Housekeeper

David Wohl
Dr. Roger Hartwood

Michael Horton
Dr. Mike O'Donald

Randy Lowell
Dr. Spellner
Art Frankel
Mr. Racine, Heart Patient

Christine Healy
Hospital Administrator
Mary Jane Courier
Operating Nurse
Debbie Zipp
Nurse with Dying Patient
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Keywords
high schoolrole reversalremakedoctorhigh school friendsbody-swapchild as an adultadult as a child
Details
Budget
$11M
Revenue
$34M
TMDb Votes
146
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