License to Drive

Jul 6, 1988

1h 30m

★ 6.6

Some guys get all the brakes!

Overview

Teenager Les Anderson thinks his life can't get any worse after he flunks his driver's exam, but he's wrong. Even though he didn't receive his license, Les refuses to break his date with the cool Mercedes Lane, and he decides to lift his family's prize luxury car for the occasion. Unfortunately, Mercedes sneaks some booze along and passes out drunk, and a confused Les makes the bad decision of enlisting his rebellious friend, Dean, to help.

Genres

Comedy

Family

Romance

Production Companies

Davis Entertainment

20th Century Fox

License to Drive Trailers

Cast

Les Anderson

Corey Haim

Dean

Corey Feldman

Mrs. Anderson

Carol Kane

Mr. Anderson

Richard Masur

Mercedes Lane

Heather Graham

Charles

Michael Manasseri

The Professor

Harvey Miller

Paolo (as M.A. Nickles)

Michael A. Nickles

Natalie Anderson

Nina Siemaszko

Natalie's DMV Examiner

Grant Goodeve

Les' DMV examiner

James Avery

Karl

Grant Heslov

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