The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 95% of the 1,101 1970s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends' and parents' annoyance.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic91/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
307 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter YatesDirector
- Patrick WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- Steve TesichWriter
Cast
- Dennis ChristopherDave Stoller
- Dennis QuaidMike
- Daniel SternCyril
- Jackie Earle HaleyMoocher
- Barbara BarrieEvelyn Stoller
- Paul DooleyRay Stoller
- Robyn DouglassKatherine
- Hart BochnerRod
- Amy WrightNancy
- Peter MaloneyDoctor
- John AshtonMike's Brother
- Lisa ShureFrench Girl
Stills
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Themes
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