Porky's

"Keep an eye out for the funniest movie about growing up ever made!"

1981 1h 34m EN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 1,003

Comedy

Synopsis

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In 1954 Florida, a group of high school boys head to a strip club in the Everglades in an attempt to lose their collective virginity. When the club's owner and his sheriff brother swindle them out of their money and embarrass them, the boys plan revenge.

“Keep an eye out for the funniest movie about growing up ever made!”

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Cast

Dan Monahan
Pee Wee
Mark Herrier
Billy
Wyatt Knight
Tommy
Roger Wilson
Micky
Cyril O'Reilly
Tim
Tony Ganios
Meat
Kaki Hunter
Wendy
Kim Cattrall
Honeywell

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Bob Clark
Writers: Bob Clark
Languages: English
Countries: Canada

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $160M — a 40.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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45 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Porky's Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Bob Clark, shot by Reginald H. Morris. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Carl Zittrer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Stan Cole shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Dan Monahan and Mark Herrier and Wyatt Knight carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Bob Clark directs. Reginald H. Morris behind the camera. Carl Zittrer scores. Stan Cole cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $160M — a 40.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
345 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Part of the "Porky's Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Bob Clark, shot by Reginald H. Morris. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Carl Zittrer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Stan Cole shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Dan Monahan and Mark Herrier and Wyatt Knight carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Keep an eye out for the funniest movie about growing up ever made!".
10IMDB entry: tt0084522 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 21 themes, including "virgin", "florida", "everglades", "stripper".
12Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Reginald H. Morris
Original score: Carl Zittrer
Editing: Stan Cole
Production design: Reuben Freed
Costume design: Mary E. McLeod
Makeup / hair: Valli O'Reilly
Sound: Joe Grimaldi
Stunt coordinator: Dwayne McLean
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $4,000,000
Box office: $159,989,673
Return: 4000% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Porky's (1981)

Part of

Porky's Collection

Broad sex comedy trilogy about the escapades of teenagers at the fictional Angel Beach High School in 1950s Florida.

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Wuchak2020-11-19
★ 4/10
Horny teens in the Miami area and a redneck bar in the swamp In 1954, several high schoolers in southeast Florida pursue sex while tangling with the owner of a sleazy nightclub in the Everglades and his sheriff brother. "Porky's" (1981) is iconic in early 80's cinema, but it's a half good/half bad piece for me. It's too unpleasantly sleazy with corny sex-related jokes and the sexually "liberated" tone doesn't fit the mid-50s. I can't believe Susan Clark lowered herself to play the prostitute Cherry Forever; likewise, Kim Cattrall gets stuck with a (supposedly funny) humiliating scene. Furthermore, the young actors are clearly in the 24-30 range, not high schoolers. It would've made more sense to make this about college juniors/seniors. But there are some good parts, like the 50's southeast Florida setting, the coming-of-age element, a few attractive females and an honest attempt to flesh out these youths with conflicts and so forth. Unfortunately, the raunchiness leaves the viewer feeling dirty. For a much more palatable movie of this ilk check out the excellent "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," which came out five months later. The movie runs 1 hour, 34 minutes, and was shot entirely in southeast Florida (Miami, Miami Beach, North Miami, North Miami Beach, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale and North Bay Village). GRADE: C/C-
katch222021-07-20
★ 9/10
Really just a series of high school pranks, but the gags are still funny.
NunzioGiannatelli2025-07-19
Set in 1950s Florida, this has to be one of the funniest movies about growing up ever made! Despite the lack of acclaimed actors in the cast, with perhaps the notable exception of a young Kim Cattrall, this movie simply makes you laugh. Its biggest selling point is that there is no underlying theme or political message. There is no moral of the story. It's simply made to make you laugh a lot, and it does exactly that. It also contains perhaps one of the most iconic shower scenes of all time, a lengthy nude scene in which Kaki Hunter's hairy vagina is clearly visible, as are those of another 5 women.