Release Date

09 Sep, 1988

Runtime

01:56: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

They chose their lives. Now their son must choose his.

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.

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Actors

Christine Lahti

River Phoenix

Judd Hirsch

Jonas Abry

Martha Plimpton

Ed Crowley

L.M. Kit Carson

Steven Hill

Augusta Dabney

David Margulies

Lynne Thigpen

Marcia Jean Kurtz

Sloane Shelton

Justine Johnston

Herb Lovelle

Bobo Lewis

Ronnie Gilbert

Leila Danette

Michael Boatman

Jenny Lumet

William Foeller

Crew

Philip Smith

Sidney Lumet

Anna Hill Johnstone

Griffin Dunne

Gerry Fisher

Naomi Foner

Tony Mottola

Philip Rosenberg

Burtt Harris

Naomi Foner

Amy Robinson

Robert Guerra

Andrew Mondshein

Todd M. Thaler