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Where the Boys Are

Where the Boys Are

When girls want a vacation filled with fun, sand, and romance, they go to Fort Lauderdale...

19844.21h 34m

Overview

Four college co-eds travel to Fort Lauderdale for their Easter week of Spring Break, and become involved in a series of adventures and misadventures

Directed by Hy Averback
Written by Stu Krieger, Glendon Swarthout, Jeff Burkhart
Produced by Allan Carr
Box Office0Revenue: $10.5M

Top Cast

Lisa Hartman

Lisa Hartman

Jennie Cooper

Lorna Luft

Lorna Luft

Carole Singer

Wendy Schaal

Wendy Schaal

Sandra Roxbury

Lynn-Holly Johnson

Lynn-Holly Johnson

Laurie Jameson

Russell Todd

Russell Todd

Scott Nash

Howard McGillin

Howard McGillin

Chip

Christopher McDonald

Christopher McDonald

Tony

Daniel McDonald

Daniel McDonald

Camden Roxbury

Alana Stewart

Alana Stewart

Maggie

Louise Sorel

Louise Sorel

Barbara Roxbury

Themes & Keywords

floridaremakespring breakfort lauderdale

About Where the Boys Are

Where the Boys Are is a comedy, romance film released in 1984 exploring themes of florida, remake, spring break, fort lauderdale. Directed by Hy Averback, it stars Lisa Hartman, Lorna Luft, Wendy Schaal. Four college co-eds travel to Fort Lauderdale for their Easter week of Spring Break, and become involved in a series of adventures and misadventures

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