Sixteen Candles
- Release Date
- May 4, 1984
- Director
- John Hughes
- Cast
- Molly Ringwald , Justin Henry , Michael Schoeffling , Haviland Morris , Gedde Watanabe , Anthony Michael Hall
- Runtime
- 93
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Writers
- John Hughes
- Tagline
- When you're just sixteen anything can happen!
Summary
A teenage girl deals with her parents forgetting her birthday and a crush on her high school's heartthrob.
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