Up the Creek

Up the Creek is a 1984 comedy film directed by Robert Butler and starring Tim Matheson, Dan Monahan, Stephen Furst, Jeff East, Sandy Helberg, Blaine Novak, James B. Sikking, Jennifer Runyon, and John Hillerman. Plot summary Bob McGraw, Max, Gonzer, and Irwin, students at Lepetomane University (known derisively by some as "Lobotomy U"), are volunteered to compete in a collegiate raft race. They are "recruited" by Dean Burch who uses records of McGraw's checkered past as a means of blackmail to get them to compete. He offers them degrees in the major of their choice as additional incentive. "You have the distinct honor of being the four worst students in the entire country.", says Birch, "You're not AT the bottom of the list, you ARE the bottom of the list!" Their opponents include Ivy University, prep schoolers who, with the help of an Ivy alumnus named Dr. Roland Tozer, plan to cheat their way to the Winner's Circle. Their adversaries also include the Washington Military Institute, who are soon disqualified for their attempts to sabotage the other schools' rafts. Captain Braverman, the leader of the Military men, seeks revenge on McGraw for hindering their attempts to sabotage the other rafts. Also entered is a team of attractive female students, one of whom ends up in a romantic situation with McGraw. Cast Tim Matheson ... Bob McGraw Dan Monahan ... Max Sandy Helberg ... Irwin Stephen Furst ... Gonzer Jennifer Runyon ... Heather Merriweather Jeff East ... Rex Crandall James Sikking ... Tozer (as James B. Sikking) Blaine Novak ... Captain Braverman Mark Andrews ... Rocky Jesse D. Goins ... Brown Julia Montgomery ... Lisa (as Julie Montgomery) Romy Windsor ... Corky John Hillerman ... Dean Burch Grant Wilson ... Reggie Jeana Tomasino ... Molly Will Bledsoe ... Roger van Dyke Robert Costanzo ... Campus Guard Charlie Ken Gibbel ... Campus Guard Leslie Hap Lawrence ... Gas Station Attendant Frank Welker as the voice of Chuck the Dog Production notes This film was filmed in Bend, Oregon.