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Racing with the Moon (1984)
Directed by Richard Benjamin
“It was 1943. And young men were counting the days before they went off to war...”
Drama, Romance · 1h 48m
In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-town Caddie Winger, believing her to be wealthy. Mischievous and irresponsible, Nicky gets into trouble which forces the other two to become involved, testing their relationship, as well as the friendship between the boys.
Cast
Sean Penn
Henry 'Hopper' Nash
Nicolas Cage
Nicky / Bud
Elizabeth McGovern
Caddie Winger
John Karlen
Mr. Nash
Rutanya Alda
Mrs. Nash
Max Showalter
Mr. Arthur, Piano Teacher
Crispin Glover
Gatsby Boy
Barbara Howard
Gatsby Girl
Bob Maroff
Al
Carol Kane
Annie the Hooker
D
Dominic Nardini
Soldier with Annie
John Brandon
Mr. Kaiser
Crew
- Director
- Richard Benjamin
- Screenplay
- Steve Kloves
- Director of Photography
- John Bailey
- Original Music Composer
- Dave Grusin
- Editor
- Nicholas James, Jacqueline Cambas
- Producer
- John Kohn, Alain Bernheim, Sherry Lansing
Details
- Release date
- 1984-03-23
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Jaffe-Lansing, Paramount Pictures
- Budget
- $9,000,000
- Box office
- $6,045,657