Breaking Away poster
Director Peter Yates
Screenplay Steve Tesich

Breaking Away

Tagline: The movie that tells you exactly what you can do with your high school diploma!

Release Date: 1979-05-24

Duration: 100 minutes

Synopsis

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his 3 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.

Casting

  • Dennis Quaid
    Mike
  • Jackie Earle Haley
    Moocher
  • Daniel Stern
    Cyril
  • John Ashton
    Mike's Brother
  • Hart Bochner
    Rod
  • Paul Dooley
    Ray Stoller
  • P.J. Soles
    Suzy
  • Amy Wright
    Nancy
  • Dennis Christopher
    Dave Stoller
  • Barbara Barrie
    Evelyn Stoller

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