Whiz Kids

1983TV Series⏱️ 1h 0m

Adventure

⭐ 6.9

IMDB Rating

512 votes

The adventures of a group of young kids who are amateur computer experts and detectives.

Director

N/A

Writers

N/A

Stars

Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet

Release Date

October 5, 1983

Language

English

Country

United States

🎯 5

Nominations

💬 16

Reviews

📋 1.5K

Watchlists

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🎭 Top Cast

Matthew Labyorteaux

as Richie Adler

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Todd Porter

as Hamilton Parker

Jeffrey Jacquet

as Jeremy Saldino

Andrea Elson

as Alice Tyler

Melanie Gaffin

as Cheryl Adler

Max Gail

as Llewellen Farley, Jr.

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Madelyn Cain

as Irene Adler

A Martinez

as Lt. Neal Quinn

Linda Scruggs

as Ms. Vance

Dan O'Herlihy

as Carson Marsh

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.33 : 1

Sound

Mono

Production

Universal Television

🏷️ Keywords

child detectiveteenage hackercomputer hackerhackertechnology

🎯 Categories

Adventure

⭐ Featured Review

For a 12 year old computer geek, this show was it!

by Sabalon • 2003-03-11

7/10

"I am really trying to remember 20 years ago to this show. It was very much a spin-off of the success of War Games. Richie had a computer that could do almost anything. It was built from a lot of spare parts that must have been around the studio. If it could flash, it went in the computer. At the time I loved the show because I was young and though computers were neat. I would like to see the show again just to see what I think now. The thing that I remember most about the show is that EVERYTHING seemed to be run by computers. In one episode they were locked in some room. In that roo..."

💡 Did You Know?

Apparently CBS has lost the masters for the TV series, according to someone who spoke with one of the key people behind the show. This is the reason why there is no streaming version or DVD version of the show. There is a French version of the show that has 12 of the 18 episodes on DVD, however they are at 25fps and have some quality issues.