''Beverly Hills Brats'' is a 1989 American

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. Directed by

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, the film starred

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, Terry Moore, George Kirby,

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(in her final film) and

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in a

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Plot

Scooter ( Billingsley) is a teen from a wealthy Beverly Hills family. After his plastic surgeon father ( Sheen) remarries, Scooter is virtually ignored by his father and stepmother ( Moore), and treated badly by his two other spoiled siblings, Sterling ( Ramon Estevez) and Tiffany (

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). Scooter devises a plan to fake his own kidnapping to get his parents' attention and enlists the help of two bumbling crooks, Clive (

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) and Elmo ( Kirby). After Scooter is "kidnapped" and a ransom is demanded, he quickly realizes that his plan failed to work and his parents don't miss him.

Cast

as Scooter *

as Dr. Jeffery Miller * Terry Moore as Veronica *

as Clive * George Kirby as Elmo *

as Tiffany * Ramon Estevez as Sterling *

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as Lillian *

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as Roberto *

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as Spyder *

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as Slick *

as Goldie *

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as Jerry * Pat Renella as Lt. Gofield *

as Herself *

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as Bart *

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as Tulip *

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as Manny * Jimmy Justice as Deacon * Aron Eisenberg as Simon * Michael J Aronin as the Cop

External links

* * * 1989 comedy films 1989 films 1980s teen comedy films 1980s English-language films American comedy films Films set in Beverly Hills, California Films scored by Barry Goldberg Films about kidnapping in the United States Films directed by Jim Sotos 1980s American films {{1980s-comedy-film-stub