Reaching for the Sun

Reaching for the Sun
1941ComedyDrama90 mins
★★★★★

Plot

Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.

  • William A. Wellman

    Director

  • W. L. River

    Screenplay

  • Wessel Smitter

    Novel

  • Joel McCrea

    Russ Eliot

  • Ellen Drew

    Rita

  • Eddie Bracken

    Benny Hogan

  • Albert Dekker

    Herman

  • Billy Gilbert

    Amos

  • George Chandler

    Jerry

  • Bodil Rosing

    Rita's Mother

  • James Burke

    Norm

  • Nella Walker

    Nurse

  • Eily Malyon

    Landlady

  • Hobart Cavanaugh

    Front Office Man

  • Regis Toomey

    Intern

  • Charles D. Brown

    Johnson

  • Michael Duggan

    Little Benny Eliot

  • Warren Hymer

    Percy Shelley

    • Runtime

    90 minutes

    Released

    1941-05-01

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Paramount

    Updated

    261 days ago

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