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Three years after his role of Joel Goodson in Risky Business, Cruise kicked off a string of box office hits with Top Gun, Rain Man, Born on the Fourth of July, Days of Thunder and more!
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Playing Lana in Risky Business marked de Mornay's breakthrough role. She went on to star in Runaway Train, The Trip to Bountiful, Backdraft and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.
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Pinchot played Joel's friend Barry, who encourages him to take his father's Porsche out for a spin. He went on to star in Beverly Hills Cop, First Wives Club and True Romance.
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Known for playing corrupt criminals and shady characters, Pantoliano portrays Guido, Lana's pimp, in Risky Business. He went on to appear in films like The Goonies, Midnight Run and The Matrix and Memento.
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Masur played Rutherford, the man in charge of Princeton admissions in Risky Business, later went on to serve two terms as the president of the Screen Actors Guild.
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