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Release year: 1987

Storyline

A mysterious potion switches the personalities of a buttoned-up doctor and his laid-back son.

Top credits

Directors

Rod Daniel

Writers

Cast

Dudley Moore — Dr. Jack Hammond, Chris Hammond
Kirk Cameron — Chris Hammond, Dr. Jack Hammond
Margaret Colin — Ginnie Armbruster
Catherine Hicks — Dr. Amy Larkin

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Did you know

• Star Dudley Moore was immediately smitten with Like Father Like Son (1987). Moore said: "The idea of swapping bodies appealed to me, and it was a good excuse to be a kid again . . . although I don't need an excuse. It was just a fun story. I had been sixteen years old once, and I don't pretend to be a professional adult. I really didn't play a sixteen year old. I think that would have been mildly boring. So, instead of going for accuracy, we went for the fun of the situation. I was playing an attitude, not an age".

• This was Dudley Moore's highest grossing starring vehicle after his back-to-back star making hits 10 (1979) and Arthur (1981).

• Part of a late 1980s mini-cycle of age-swap / body-swap pictures. The movies included Like Father Like Son (1987), Big (1988), 18 Again! (1988), Vice Versa (1988), and Dream a Little Dream (1989).