Gleaming the Cube
“All he cared about was gleaming the cube...until the night they killed his brother.”
1989•PG-13•1h 46m•6.0•Released
CrimeThrillerAction
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.
Director
Graeme Clifford
Writer
Michael Tolkin
Budget
$10M
Revenue
$3M
Languages
English, Portuguese, Vietnamese
Studio
Gladden Entertainment
Cast
Christian Slater
Brian Kelly
Steven Bauer
Al Lucero
Richard Herd
Ed Lawndale
Ed Lauter
Mr. Kelly
Le Tuan
Colonel Trac
Peter Kwong
Bobby Nguyen
Charles Cyphers
Harvey McGill
Micole Mercurio
Mrs. Kelly
Min Luong
Tina Trac
Art Chudabala
Vinh Kelly
Max Perlich
Yabbo
Tony Hawk
Buddy
Tommy Guerrero
Sam
Christian Jacobs
Gremic
Joe Gosha
Nick Oliver
Production
Company
Gladden Entertainment
Company
The Turman-Foster Company
Producer
David Foster
Producer
Lawrence Turman
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