Film

Racing with the Moon

1984 · 1h 48m · Drama · Romance

It was 1943. And young men were counting the days before they went off to war...

IMDb

6.6

Rotten Tomatoes

67%

Metacritic

66

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.

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

Dominic Nardini

Soldier with Annie

John Brandon

Mr. Kaiser

Eve Brent

Mrs. Kaiser

Suzanne Adkinson

Sally Kaiser

Shawn Schepps

Gretchen

Charles Miller

Arnie

• Richard BenjaminDirector
• Steve KlovesScreenplay
• Alain BernheimProducer
• John KohnProducer
• Sherry LansingProducer
• John BaileyDirector of Photography
• Dave GrusinOriginal Music Composer
• Jacqueline CambasEditor
• Nicholas JamesEditor
• Wallis NicitaCasting

Official TrailerTrailer

Release date

March 23, 1984

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

PG

Budget

$9,000,000

Revenue

$6,045,657

Genres

Drama, Romance

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