

Gleaming the Cube
1989-01-13 · 106 min · ★ 6.0
An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him dies. The cops rule the death a suicide, but the bereaved skater believes he was murdered. It's up to him to solve the case, with a skateboard.
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- Directors
- Graeme Clifford
- Production companies
- Gladden Entertainment, The Turman-Foster Company
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 10,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 2,777,280
Top Cast
Christian SlaterBrian Kelly
Steven BauerAl Lucero
Richard HerdEd Lawndale
Ed LauterMr. Kelly
Peter KwongBobby Nguyen
Charles CyphersHarvey McGill
Micole MercurioMrs. Kelly
Art ChudabalaVinh Kelly
Max PerlichYabbo
Tony HawkBuddy
Christian JacobsGremic
Kieu ChinhMadame Trac
Jack RileyHomeownerTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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