Running on Empty

September. 09,1988      PG-13
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Christine Lahti as  Annie Pope
River Phoenix as  Danny Pope
Judd Hirsch as  Arthur Pope
Martha Plimpton as  Lorna Phillips
L.M. Kit Carson as  Gus Winant
Steven Hill as  Donald Patterson
Augusta Dabney as  Abigail Patterson
David Margulies as  Dr. Jonah Reiff
Lynne Thigpen as  Contact at Eldridge St.
Marcia Jean Kurtz as  School Clerk

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