Movie
The Mosquito Coast
Overview
An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.
Details
- Release date
- 1986-11-26
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Drama, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- The Saul Zaentz Company
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Harrison Ford as Allie Fox
- Helen Mirren as Mother Fox
- River Phoenix as Charlie Fox
- Jadrien Steele as Jerry Fox
- Hilary Gordon as April Fox
- Rebecca Gordon as Clover Fox
- Jason Alexander as Hardware Clerk
- Dick O'Neill as Mr. Polski
- Alice Heffernan-Sneed as Mrs. Polski
- Tiger Haynes as Mr. Semper
- William Newman as Captain Smalls
- Andre Gregory as Reverend Spellgood
Crew
- Peter Weir - Director
- Paul Schrader - Screenplay
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