Can't Buy Me Love (movie)

1987 film directed by Steve Rash

Can't Buy Me Love is a 1987 American teen romantic comedy feature movie 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 movie was directed by Steve Rash and takes its title from a Beatles song with the same title.

Can't Buy Me Love
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
Release date
August 14, 1987 (1987-08-14)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$31.6 million