Meatballs

Jun 28, 1979

1h 32m

★ 5.8

Are you ready for a good time?

Overview

Tripper is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp Northstar. In truth, he's young at heart and only marginally more mature than the campers themselves. Tripper befriends Rudy, a loner camper who has trouble fitting in. As Tripper inspires his young charges to defeat rival Camp Mohawk in the annual Olympiad competition, Rudy plays matchmaker between Tripper and Roxanne, a female counselor at Northstar.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Canadian Film Development Corporation

Famous Players

Haliburton Films

Meatballs Trailers

Cast

Tripper Harrison

Bill Murray

Morty

Harvey Atkin

Crockett

Russ Banham

A.L.

Kristine DeBell

Hardware

Matt Craven

Roxanne

Kate Lynch

Candace

Sarah Torgov

Fink

Keith Knight

Rudy

Chris Makepeace

Spaz

Jack Blum

Wendy

Cindy Girling

Jackie

Margot Pinvidic

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