Movie
Across the Tracks
Overview
When Billy returns from reform school he has to attend a different high school at the other side of town. He tries to start with a clean slate but his old rival doesn't make it easy on him and his buddy Louie tries to make him go astray again. His brother Joe, quite the opposite of Billy, is a good runner and determined to win a track scholarship. He suggests Billy to join his school's track team, which pits the two brothers against each other.
Details
- Release date
- 1991-02-15
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Desert Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Rick Schroder as Billy Maloney
- Brad Pitt as Joe Maloney
- Carrie Snodgress as Rosemary Maloney
- David Anthony Marshall as Louie
- Thomas Mikal Ford as Coach Walsh
- John Linton as Brad
- Cyril O'Reilly as Coach Ryder
- Jack McGee as Frank
- Annie Dylan as Linda
- Kent Lipham as Big Ed
- Bebe Drake as Mrs. Fischer (as Be Be Drake-Massey)
- Jaime Gomez as Bobby (Teammate #1)
Crew
- Sandy Tung - Director
- Sandy Tung - Writer
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