Reaching for the Sun
6.5
Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.
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Cast
21 people
Joel McCrea
Russ Eliot
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
Foreign Correspondent
Ellen Drew
Rita
Known for
Isle of the Dead
Christmas in July
William A. Wellman
Also in
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Evangeline
William LeBaron
W.L. River
Eddie Bracken
Benny Hogan
Known for
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
National Lampoon's Vacation
Wessel Smitter
Albert Dekker
Herman
Known for
Kiss Me Deadly
The Wild Bunch
Billy Gilbert
Amos
Known for
The Great Dictator
Fun and Fancy Free
George Chandler
Jerry
Known for
Every Which Way but Loose
Fury
Bodil Rosing
Rita's Mother
Known for
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
James Burke
Norm
Known for
The Maltese Falcon
At the Circus
William A. Wellman Director · W. L. River Screenplay Wessel Smitter Author
United States release May 1, 1941 · Produced in United States
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Distribution
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 1, 1941
Theatrical
France
October 23, 1942 · limited: Free Zone
Germany
November 30, 1985 · TV premiere
Mexico
February 28, 1942
Sweden
June 15, 1942
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