''Honeymoon Academy'' (also titled ''For Better or for Worse'') is a 1989 American

comedy-drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

starring

Robert Hays Robert Hays (born July 24, 1947) is an American actor, known for a variety of television and film roles since the 1970s. He came to prominence around 1980, co-starring in the two-season domestic sitcom '' Angie'', and playing the central role of ...

and

Kim Cattrall Kim Victoria Cattrall (; born 21 August 1956) is a British-Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Samantha Jones on HBO's ''Sex and the City'' (1998–2004), for which she received five Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Awa ...

. It was directed by Gene Quintano and was filmed in Spain.

Plot

During their honeymoon, a

secret agent Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence) from non-disclosed sources or divulging of the same without the permission of the holder of the information for a tangib ...

(

) and her new husband (

) become entangled in a plot to recover plates for counterfeiting US currency. She thinks that he is a newly retired government employee, while he thinks that she is a retired

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Cast

as Chris *

as Sean * Max Alexander as Sack *

Jonathan Banks Jonathan Ray Banks (born January 31, 1947) is an American actor. Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Chillum Heights, Maryland, while attending Indiana University Bloomington Banks did theatre. In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles where he be ...

as Pitt *

Gordon Jump Alexander Gordon Jump (April 1, 1932 – September 22, 2003) was an American actor best known as the clueless, yet occasionally wise, radio station manager Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson in the TV series ''WKRP in Cincinnati'' and the incompetent Ch ...

as Mr. Nelson * Lance Kinsey as Lance * Jerry Lazarus as Marls * Christopher Lee as Lazos *

Doris Roberts Doris May Roberts ( Green; November 4, 1925 – April 17, 2016) was an American actress whose career spanned seven decades of television and film. She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which bega ...

as Mrs. Nelson *

Charles Rocket Charles Adams Claverie (August 28, 1949 – October 7, 2005), known by stage names Charlie Hamburger, Charlie Kennedy and Charles Rocket, was an American actor, comedian, musician, and television news reporter. He was a cast member on ''Saturda ...

as DeBains *

Leigh Taylor-Young Leigh Taylor-Young (born January 25, 1945) is an American actress who has appeared on stage, screen, podcast, radio and television. The most famous films in which she had important roles include ''I Love You, Alice B. Toklas'' (1968), '' The Hors ...

as Mrs. Kent * Judy Toll as Tina

Release

The film was released on VHS home video in December 1989 before its theatrical release in the United States on May 11, 1990.

References

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* * * 1989 films 1980s spy comedy-drama films American spy comedy-drama films 1980s English-language films Films shot in Spain Films scored by Robert Folk Films with screenplays by Gene Quintano Films directed by Gene Quintano 1989 comedy-drama films 1989 drama films Films produced by Paul Maslansky 1980s American films 1989 directorial debut films {{1980s-comedy-drama-film-stub