Rock 'n' Roll High School is a 1979 musical comedy film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Allan Arkush, and featuring the Ramones. The film starred P. J. Soles, Vince Van Patten, and Clint Howard. Darby Crash and Lorna Doom of The Germs also played extras in this film. Set in 1980, Vince Lombardi High School keeps losing principals to nervous breakdowns because of the students' love of rock 'n' roll and their disregard for education. Their leader, Riff Randall , is the biggest Ramones fan at Vince Lombardi High School. She waits in line for three days to get tickets to see the band,... hoping to meet Joey Ramone so she can give him a song she wrote for the band, "Rock 'n' Roll High School". When Principal Togar takes her ticket away, Riff and her best friend Kate Rambeau have to find another way to meet their heroes—by winning a radio contest. When Miss Togar and a group of parents attempt to burn a pile of rock records, the students take over the high school, joined by the Ramones, who are made honorary students.
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| Release date: | August 4, 1979 |
| Directed by: | Allan Arkush |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 93 Minutes |
| Producer: | Michael Finnell |
| Cinematography: | Dean Cundey |
| Screenplay by: | Joe Dante, Allan Arkush |
| Estimated budget: | $300,000 |
| Genre: | Musical, Comedy |