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Running on Empty

Running on Empty

IMDB:

7.4
Running on Empty

Released

9/9/1988

Duration

1h 56m

Genre

Drama, Romance, Crime

Country

United States of America

Cast

Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch

Overview

The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms.

Cast

Christine Lahti

Annie Pope

Christine Lahti

River Phoenix

Danny Pope

River Phoenix

Judd Hirsch

Arthur Pope

Judd Hirsch

Jonas Abry

Harry Pope

Jonas Abry

Martha Plimpton

Lorna Phillips

Martha Plimpton

Ed Crowley

Mr. Phillips

Ed Crowley

L.M. Kit Carson

Gus Winant

L.M. Kit Carson

Steven Hill

Donald Patterson

Steven Hill

Augusta Dabney

Abigail Patterson

Augusta Dabney

David Margulies

Dr. Jonah Reiff

David Margulies

Lynne Thigpen

Contact at Eldridge St.

Lynne Thigpen

Marcia Jean Kurtz

School Clerk

Marcia Jean Kurtz

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