Knock 'Em Dead, Kid

Feb 3, 2009

1h 11m

★ 5.0

Sometimes life can be a real riot.

Overview

Bret, 19, yearns to leave his Connecticut hometown and head off to college. He figures summer will be fun with his buddies but as the days progress, the situations he finds himself in spiral out of control. He has run-ins with the police, problems with his girlfriend involving another girl, and a revenge attack he never should have involved himself in.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Golon Films

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Cast

Bret

Dirk Julian

Willard

Michael Resendez

Veronica

Torey Marks

Trish

Erin Prieto

Jim

Chad Post

Andy

Andrew Chase

Krej

Cody Cowell

Angela

Angela Nordeng

Teddy

Adam Gordon

Druggie

Michael Allen Hollinger

Bruce Paul

Michael Esposito

New Man

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