Playing for Keeps
It's What You Need to Succeed
1986 | 102m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein |
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| Writer: | Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, Jeremy Leven |
| Staring: |
| An ambitious trio of inner-city high school grads tries to hit the big time by turning a run-down country hotel into a rock & roll resort with around-the-clock music and live entertainment. Standing in their way are fearful townsfolk, unscrupulous businessmen and the tax collector, all threatening to bring the curtain down on the teens' aspirations. But this is one threesome who refuses to give up on their lifelong goal without a fight — and a song. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 03, 1986 |
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| Director: | Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein |
| Writer: | Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, Jeremy Leven |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | Miramax, Playing for Keeps Inc. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Daniel Jordano | Danny |
| Matthew Penn | Spikes |
| Leon W. Grant | Silk |
| Mary B. Ward | Chloe |
| Marisa Tomei | Tracy |
| Jimmy Baio | Steinberg |
| Harold Gould | Rockerfeller |
| Raymond J. Barry | Mr. Hatcher - Chloe's Father |
| Kim Hauser | Marie |
| Robert Milli | Cromwell |
| John Randolph Jones | Sheriff Billy Sullivan |
| Jery Hewitt | Backhoe Driver |
| Bruce Kluger | Gene Epstein |
| Anthony Marciona | Ronnie Long |
| J.D. Rosenbaum | Davey Beck |
| Glen Robert Robillard | Joel |
| Frank Scasso | Van Go-Go |
| Lisa Schultz | Jill |
| Douglas Warhit | Larry Diamond (as Doug Warhit) |
| Anthony Arcure | Diner Customer |
| John Bennes | Employment Counselor |
| Hildy Brooks | Danny's Mom |
| Timothy Carhart | Emmett |
| David Lipman | Bank Buddy |
| William Newman | Joshua |
| Tom McDermott | Paint Store Salesman |
| Max Olivas | Head Flyer |
| Pete Antico | Flyer |
| Brad Orrison | Flyer |
| Michael P. May | Flyer (as Michael May) |
| Chuck Picerni Jr. | Flyer (as Charles Picerni Jr.) |
| Joel Blake | Executive #1 |
| Donald Sharton | Executive #2 |
| Robert Berger | Executive #3 |
| David Lile | Executive #4 |
| Jack Banning | Executive #5 |
| Ronnie Barron | Executive #6 |
| Sel Vitella | Executive #7 |
| Jerry McGee | Executive #8 |
| Steve Hurwitz | Executive #9 |
| Bonnie Jean Brown | Dancer - Spikes' Fantasy |
| Lenore Pemberton | Dancer - Spikes' Fantasy |
| Anita Ehrler | Dancer - Silk's Fantasy |
| Edyie Fleming | Dancer - Silk's Fantasy |
| Monique Mannen | Dancer - Silk's Fantasy |
| Liz McLellan | Dancer - Spike's Fantasy |
| Jeff Pope | Drummer - Silk's Band |
| Joe Burns | Deputy (as Joseph R. Burns) |
| Peter Carew | Phone Caller |
| Sheila M. Coonan | Edna (as Sheila Coonan) |
| John Corcoran | Sam the Luncheonette Owner |
| Agnes Cummings | Supermarket Checker |
| Clement Fowler | Banker Williams |
| Kevin Hagan | Chief Deputy |
| Hal Holden | Irate Bank Customer |
| Philip Kraus | Art Lewis |
| Court Miller | Claiborne |
| Katherine Elizabeth Neuman | Danny's First Girlfriend |
| Larry Swansen | Steinberg's Priest |
| Willy Switkes | Mint Buyer, 'No Change' |
| Raymond Thorne | Perkins - Spitter |
| Vickie Weinstein | Secretary |
| Kelly Wolf | Valedictorian |
| Louise Woolf | Luncheonette Waitress |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Harvey Weinstein | Writer, Director |
| Aude Bronson-Howard | Costume Design |
| Daniel Bechet | Original Music Composer |
| George Acogny | Original Music Composer |
| Eric Van Haren Noman | Director of Photography |
| Gary Karr | Editor |
| Sharyn L. Ross | Editor |
| Joy Todd | Casting |
| Steven R. Miller | Art Direction |
| Florence Fellman | Set Decoration |
| Bob Weinstein | Writer, Director |
| Waldemar Kalinowski | Production Design |
| Jeremy Leven | Writer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alan Brewer | Producer |
| Julia Palau | Executive Producer |
| Michael Ryan | Executive Producer |
| Patrick Wachsberger | Executive Producer |
| Harvey Weinstein | Producer |
| Bob Weinstein | Producer |
| Ira Halberstadt | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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