Movie
CrissCross
Overview
A 12-year-old boy comes of age in 1969 Key West against the backdrop of the Apollo moon landing, when he begins to sell cocaine so his mother can stop stripping.
Details
- Release date
- 1992-05-08
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Hawn / Sylbert Movie Company, MGM-Pathé Communications, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- David Arnott as Chris Cross
- Goldie Hawn as Tracy Cross
- Arliss Howard as Joe
- James Gammon as Emmett
- Keith Carradine as John Cross
- Anna Thomson as Monica
- Steve Buscemi as Louis
- J.C. Quinn as Jetty
- Paul Calderon as Blacky
- Cathryn de Prume as Oakley
- David Anthony Marshall as Blondie
- Deirdre O'Connell as Shelly
Crew
- Chris Menges - Director
- Scott Sommer - Screenplay
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