Running on Empty (1988)
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms.
- Released
- 1988-09-09
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Sidney Lumet
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 377 votes
Cast
- Christine Lahti as Annie Pope
- River Phoenix as Danny Pope
- Judd Hirsch as Arthur Pope
- Jonas Abry as Harry Pope
- Martha Plimpton as Lorna Phillips
- Ed Crowley as Mr. Phillips
- L.M. Kit Carson as Gus Winant
- Steven Hill as Donald Patterson
- Augusta Dabney as Abigail Patterson
- David Margulies as Dr. Jonah Reiff
- Lynne Thigpen as Contact at Eldridge St.
- Marcia Jean Kurtz as School Clerk