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Running on Empty

Directed by Sidney Lumet
1988    1h 56m    PG-13
Drama, Crime,
7.681%69%
The Pope family has been fugitives since a protest against the Vietnam War sent them into hiding. As tensions rise, their son’s budding romance forces a reckoning with their past and a struggle for freedom, challenging both love and loyalty.
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Cast of Running on Empty
  • Christine LahtiAnnie Pope
  • River PhoenixDanny Pope
  • Judd HirschArthur Pope
  • Jonas AbryHarry Pope
  • Martha PlimptonLorna Phillips
  • Ed CrowleyMr. Phillips
  • L.M. Kit CarsonGus Winant
  • Steven HillDonald Patterson
  • Augusta DabneyAbigail Patterson
  • David MarguliesDr. Jonah Reiff
  • Lynne ThigpenContact at Eldridge St.
  • Marcia Jean KurtzSchool Clerk
  • Sloane SheltonMrs. Phillips
  • Justine JohnstonLibrarian
  • Herb LovelleHospital Clerk
  • Bobo LewisHome Ec Teacher
  • Ronnie GilbertMrs. Taylor
  • Leila DanetteMaid
  • Michael BoatmanSpaulding
  • Jenny LumetMusic Girl
  • William FoellerMan at Meeting
  • Carol CavalloWoman at Meeting
  • Alice DrummondMrs. Powell
  • Joey ThrowerCatcher
  • Donna HanoverReporter
  • Thomas FraioliViolinist
  • Burke PearsonJulliard Man
  • Elżbieta CzyżewskaJulliard Woman
  • Angela PietropintoEnglish Teacher
  • Daniel DassinWaiter
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