Movie
Big Wednesday
Overview
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
Details
- Release date
- 1978-05-26
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures, A-Team Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jan-Michael Vincent as Matt Johnson
- William Katt as Jack Barlow
- Gary Busey as Leroy "The Masochist" Smith
- Patti D'Arbanville as Sally
- Lee Purcell as Peggy Gordon
- Sam Melville as "Bear"
- Reb Brown as "Enforcer"
- Robert Englund as "Fly"
- Joe Spinell as Psychologist
- Hank Worden as Shopping Cart
- Charlene Tilton as Party Girl
- Celia Milius as Bride of the Bear
Crew
- John Milius - Director
- Dennis Aaberg - Writer
- John Milius - Writer
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