Pretty Smart (1987): Cast & Plot
Pretty Smart is a 1987 comedy drama directed by Dimitri Logothetis, starring Tricia Leigh Fisher as Daphne Ziegler, Lisa Lörient and Dennis Cole. It runs 1 hour 24 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 24m (84 min)
- Director
- Dimitri Logothetis
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Balcor Film Investors
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Pretty Smart About?
The premise of Pretty Smart without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
After a taste of knowledge, the girls at Ogilvy Academy believe they’re Pretty Smart. In this teen‑drama, a young woman is sent to an elite Mediterranean finishing school, where she rebels against a cruel, perverse headmaster. Discovering his secret scheme of covertly photographing the students naked and selling the images, she unites the other girls and seeks revenge.
Pretty Smart Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- playing a bouzouki
- sex tape
- sex scene
- female rear nudity
- female full frontal nudity
- female frontal nudity
- topless woman wears a g string
- man wears a speedo swimsuit
- reference to benito mussolini
- nude woman sitting on a man's face
- girls school
- finishing school
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- preppy
- buddy
- screwball
- sketch
- teenager
- posh
- teen sex comedy
- love
- demanding an explanation
- the truth
- searching for the truth
- scandal
- invasion of privacy
- painting toenails
- tennis lesson
- bare chested male
- hit in the groin
- watching a tennis match
- helium balloon
- garden party
- woman wears a yellow g string
- woman wears a black lace body suit
- woman undresses for a man
- diaphragm
- popping the cork
- back hair
- field trip
- sun bathing on a beach
- topless sunbathing
- mouth to mouth resuscitation
- feigning drowning
- parthenon
- playing accordion
- dancing
- playing acoustic guitar
- woman wears a one piece swimsuit
- reference to friedrich nietzsche
- band aids over nipples
Pretty Smart Cast & Characters
Tricia Leigh Fisher leads the cast as Daphne Ziegler, with Lisa Lörient as Jennifer Ziegler and Dennis Cole as Richard Crawley. Directed by Dimitri Logothetis; 23 actors are credited in all.
- Director Dimitri Logothetis
- Tricia Leigh Fisher as Daphne Ziegler
- Lisa Lörient as Jennifer Ziegler
- Dennis Cole as Richard Crawley
- Kim Waltrip as Sara Gentry
Also Starring in Pretty Smart
· 19 more- Patricia Arquette Zero
- Vassili Karis The Italian
- Julie K. Smith Samantha Falconwright
- Mihalis Giannatos The Turk
- Joely Fisher Averil
- Konstantinos Tzoumas Mr. Twill
- Michele Valley Ms. La Croch
- Nicholas Celozzi Tennis Pro
- Giorgos Kotanidis Professor Raji
- Philece Sampler Beth
- Brad Zutaut Alexis
- Elizabeth Davis Diane
- Richard Svare Mr. Abercrombie
- Ken Solomon Count Hawke
- Tammy Hyler Tour Guide
- Paris Vaughan Torch
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- Kimberly B. Delfin Yuko
- Joseph Medawar The Lebanese
- Paul Mathus The Colombian
More from Dimitri Logothetis
More films directed by Dimitri Logothetis, best-rated first: Kickboxer: Retaliation, Gunner, Jiu Jitsu and Momo: The Sam Giancana Story.
Pretty Smart Plot Summary
What happens in Pretty Smart from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 12 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
On a sunlit Greek hillside sits Ogilvy Academy, an elite boarding school that promises polish but hides a sharper social divide. Daphne ‘Zig’ [Tricia Leigh Fisher] and her well-behaved fraternal twin sister Jennifer [Lisa Lörient] arrive after a recent arrest, with Zig intent on getting expelled at the earliest opportunity and Jen aiming to survive the term with minimal trouble. The sisters quickly become focal points on a campus where outward elegance masks louder tensions about rules, conformity, and gender roles. The atmosphere is slyly competitive, with students navigating a rigid hierarchy as they try to reconcile personal impulses with the expectations of a school that prizes appearance as much as ascent.
Full summary
The whole story of Pretty Smart, scene by scene
How Well Do You Know Pretty Smart?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
Question 1 of 10
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What are the names of the fraternal twin sisters who arrive at Ogilvy Academy?
Pretty Smart Also Known As
6 alternative titles, including “Gatinhas Espertas” and “Die Bikinifalle”.
- Also known as
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- Gatinhas Espertas
- Die Bikinifalle
- Dos chicas brillantes
- Rendőr nélküli szexi akadémia
- 辣妹先锋
- Большая умница
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Pretty Smart FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Pretty Smart, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Pretty Smart?
Pretty Smart runs 1 hour 24 minutes (84 minutes).
When was Pretty Smart released?
Pretty Smart was released on March 13, 1987.
Who directed Pretty Smart?
Pretty Smart was directed by Dimitri Logothetis.
More films by Dimitri Logothetis Who is in the cast of Pretty Smart?
Pretty Smart stars Tricia Leigh Fisher as Daphne Ziegler, Lisa Lörient as Jennifer Ziegler and Dennis Cole as Richard Crawley, among 23 credited actors.
Does Pretty Smart have a post-credit scene?
No. Pretty Smart has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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