This Boy's Life

April. 09,1993      R
Rating:
7.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.

Robert De Niro as  Dwight Hansen
Ellen Barkin as  Caroline Wolff Hansen
Leonardo DiCaprio as  Tobias Wolff
Chris Cooper as  Roy
Eliza Dushku as  Pearl
Jonah Blechman as  Arthur Gayle
Kathy Kinney as  Marian
Gerrit Graham as  Mr. Howard
Carla Gugino as  Norma
Zachary Ansley as  Skipper

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