The Beat
5.4
“It's up to us to create the world again”
A New York teacher indulges a mad high school poet who sees himself as a mythic hero.
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Cast
30 people
David Jacobson
Rex Voorhas Ormine
William McNamara
Billy Kane
Known for
Copycat
Chasers
Kara Glover
Kate Kane
Also in
Salvador
Caribe
Stuart Alexander
Doug
David McCarthy
Dirt-Larry
Also in
Banshee!!!
Personal Exemptions
Markus Flanagan
Vis
Known for
The Morning Show
Biloxi Blues
Reggie Rock Bythewood
Danny Lambeaux
Known for
Exterminator 2
The Brother from Another Planet
Lisa Blake Richards
Amy Kahn
Known for
Return
Rolling Thunder
John Savage
Frank Ellsworth
Known for
The Deer Hunter
Dark Angel
Jack McGee
Mr. Frock
Known for
The Fighter
21
Tony Gillan
Auggie
Known for
The Letter Room
Richard Eigen
Ian Murphy
No other roles listed
Paul Mones Director · Carter Burwell Composer Tom DiCillo Cinematographer
United States release June 3, 1988 · Produced in United States
Production
Vestron Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 3, 1988
Theatrical
Japan
August 5, 1988 · Theatrical
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