Can't Buy Me Love (film)

Can't Buy Me Love
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySteve Rash
Written byMichael Swerdlick
Produced byThom Mount
Starring
CinematographyPeter Lyons Collister
Edited byJeff Gourson
Music byRobert Folk
Production
companies
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date
  • August 14, 1987 (1987-08-14) (United States)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$31.6 million

Can't Buy Me Love is a 1987 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Steve Rash,[1] starring Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson in a story about a nerd at a high school in Tucson, Arizona, who gives a cheerleader $1,000 to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month. The film takes its title from a Beatles song of the same title.

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