Risky Business
Risky Business is a 1983 American film in which Tom Cruise plays a Chicago teenager who runs a brothel out of his parents' house while they're away.
The title has become shorthand for ventures that promise reward but carry significant danger of backfiring: Starting a company during a recession is risky business.
Cruise's iconic scene—sliding across the floor in socks and underwear—remains a cultural touchstone.
- gambleStake on uncertain outcome
- dice rollThrowing numbered cubes
- all inFully committed, nothing reserved
- dangerousApt to cause harm
- perilousFraught with danger
hazardous · brinkmanship · jeopardy · venture · prostitution · leap · cash · Princeton · uncertainty · speculation · sunglasses · underwear · entrepreneurship · skin in the game · bankruptcy · stock market · unsafe · venture capital
- Tom Cruise FilmsTop Gun, Mission Impossible, Jerry Maguire, Rain Man, A Few Good Men
- 80s Pop CultureBack to the Future, E.T., Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, The Breakfast Club
- 1983Michael Jackson, Thriller, Flashdance, Cabbage Patch Kids, Sally Ride
- Security Media
- ComediesThe Hangover, Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters, Blazing Saddles, The Naked Gun
- Mandela EffectsBerenstain Bears
Risky BusinessSixteen Candles
Adolescent birthday milestone
The Breakfast Club · Say Anything · Pretty in Pink · Lucas · Back to the Future
Risky BusinessDead Poets Society
Secret verse-reading club
Forrest Gump · To Kill a Mockingbird · Field of Dreams · Chariots of Fire · Rudy
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