Deadly Lessons
| Deadly Lessons | |
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| Written by | Jennifer Miller |
| Directed by | William Wiard |
| Starring |
Larry Wilcox Donna Reed David Ackroyd Diane Franklin Ally Sheedy Nancy Cartwright |
| Theme music composer | Ian Freebairn-Smith |
| Country of origin |
 United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Leonard Goldberg (executive producer) Deborah Stoff (supervising producer) (as Deborah Aal) Ervin Zavada (producer) |
| Editor(s) | Jack Harnish |
| Cinematography |
Ronald Víctor García Andrew Jackson |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Production company(s) | Leonard Goldberg Productions |
| Distributor | ABC |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | March 7, 1983 |
Deadly Lessons is a 1983 made-for-TV movie starring Larry Wilcox, Academy Award winner Donna Reed, David Ackroyd, Diane Franklin, future Brat Packer Ally Sheedy and Nancy Cartwright, later the voice of Bart Simpson.
Plot
A teenaged girl, Stephanie Aggiston, is sent to a prestigious private girl's academy for the summer to brush up on Advanced French. Stephanie is a country girl and finds the school to be a bit snobbish. She makes friends with Marita Armstrong, Cally, and Shama, who is a Saudi princess and her roommate.
Murders began occurring and Det. Russ Kemper comes to investigate. As more girls are killed, everyone worries about who will be next. Stephanie attempts to find the murderer herself. She enlists the help of the new attractive stable-boy, Eddie, who falls in love with her for 'not being like the other girls.' Suspicion soon falls on Eddie as the murderer.
As the summer progresses, the girls are slowly evacuated from the school. Marita is kidnapped on the day she is set to leave, by the school's janitor, Robert. Robert bounds and gags Marita in his quarters on campus, somehow deluded into thinking his daughter was Marita's mother (which is not true). When Marita is able to signal from her captivity, Stephanie has Kemper follow her as she heads out "alone" to attract Robert's attention, allowing Kemper to make an arrest and save Marita.
Cast
- Larry Wilcox as Det. Russ Kemper
- Bill Paxton as Eddie Fox
- Ally Sheedy as Marita Armstrong
- Donna Reed as Miss Wade, the schools headmistress
- Diane Franklin as Stephanie Aggiston
- Renée Jones as Calli
- Nancy Cartwright as Libby Dean
- Deena Freeman as Lauren Peele
- Krista Errickson as Tember
- Robin Gammell as Morgan Rank
- Rick Rossovich as Craig
- Ellen Geer as Mrs. Grant
Release
The movie premiered on March 7, 1983.