Roller Boogie
- Director: Mark L. Lester
- Writer: Barry Schneider; Irwin Yablans
- Producer: Bruce Cohn Curtis; Joseph Wolf
CGiii Comment
Beyond ensuring that she makes it into Julliard as a flautist for the upcoming fall term, wealthy Lillian and Roger Barkley largely neglect their teenaged daughter, Terry Barkley. Although Terry doesn't try to hide the facts from them, her parents have no idea that she hates the flute and the associated music, has no desire to attend Julliard, and spends all her time on the proverbial wrong side of the tracks with her friend Lana roller skating on the Venice Beach boardwalk with the legions of other roller skaters. There, she attracts the attention of Bobby James, the hotshot skater who rightly believes he is headed to the next Olympics. Terry initially rebuffs Bobby's advances, until she asks him to teach her how to dance so that they can compete in the upcoming roller boogie contest at Jammer's, the local skating rink owned by Jammer Delaney, a former roller derby star. Terry and Bobby's relationship eventually becomes more than just about skating.
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Cast & Characters
Linda Blair as Terry Barkley;
Jim Bray as Bobby James;
Beverly Garland as Lillian Barkley;
Roger Perry as Roger Barkley;
James Van Patten as Hoppy;
Kimberly Beck as Lana;
Sean McClory as Jammer Delany;
Mark Goddard as Thatcher;
Albert Insinnia as Gordo;
Stoney Jackson as Phones;
M.G. Kelly as D.J.;
Christopher S. Nelson as Franklin;
Patrick Wright as Sgt. Danner;
Dorothy Meyer as Ada;
Shelley Golden as Mrs. Potter