High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.
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| Directing | Savage Steve Holland | Director |
| Writing | Savage Steve Holland | Writer |
| Production | Michael Jaffe | Producer |
| Editing | Alan Balsam | Editor |
| Production | Gil Friesen | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Rupert Hine | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Herman F. Zimmerman | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brad R. Loman | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georgina Williams | Hairstylist |
| Production | Andrew Meyer | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Isidore Mankofsky | Director of Photography |
| Art | Gary Moreno | Set Decoration |
| Production | Caro Jones | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | James R. Scribner | Makeup Artist |
| Production | William Strom | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Maria Lease | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | David Anderle | Music Supervisor |
| Art | Art Lipschultz | Property Master |
| Directing | Jann Dutmer | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Fred Lerner | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Shelley Kirkwood | Unit Publicist |
| Camera | Rick Neff | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Malcolm Brown | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Frederick Hamm | Second Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Ted Roberts | Music Editor |
| Crew | Fred Lerner | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Bud Alper | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Yudi Bennett | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Gene Ashbrook | Boom Operator |
| Production | Jack Clements | Unit Production Manager |
| Lighting | Jake Jarrell | Gaffer |
| Camera | Frank M. Holgate | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Roester | Costumer |
| Art | Bud Peifer Jr. | Assistant Property Master |
| Camera | Tom Kessenich | Key Grip |
| Camera | Jim Dunford | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Jan Gould | Grip |
| Production | Huw Davies | Location Manager |
| Crew | David Jernigan | Transportation Coordinator |
| Editing | Nancy Forner | Associate Editor |
| Sound | William Hooper | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Dick Vandenberg | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Don MacDougall | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Richard Tyler | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | John L. Mack | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Faith Minton | Stunts |
| Crew | Frank Beddor | Stunts |
| Crew | Jeff Jensen | Stunts |
| Crew | Sandy Berumen | Stunts |
| Crew | Greg Wayne Elam | Stunts |
| Crew | George Fisher | Stunts |
| Crew | Jean Coulter | Stunts |
| Crew | Bill Hart | Stunts |
| Crew | Keith Harvey | Stunts |
| Crew | Hank Calia | Stunts |
| Crew | Kent Hays | Stunts |
| Crew | Wayne King | Stunts |
| Crew | Johnny Hock | Stunts |
| Crew | Bill McIntosh | Stunts |
| Crew | Tom Morga | Stunts |
| Crew | A. Michael Lerner | Stunts |
| Crew | Wally Rose | Stunts |
| Crew | Harvey Parry | Stunts |
| Crew | Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon | Stunts |
| Crew | Debbie Lynn Ross | Stunts |
| Crew | Rick Seaman | Stunts |
| Crew | Peter Stader | Stunts |
| Crew | Sharon Schaffer | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Warlock | Stunts |
| Crew | Mark Yerkes | Stunts |
| Crew | Neil Summers | Stunts |
| Crew | Jim Dunn | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Bruce Paul Barbour | Stunts |
| Crew | Roy L. Downey | Special Effects |
| Crew | Chere Rae | Stunts |
