Movie
The Sure Thing
Overview
Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.
Details
- Release date
- 1985-03-01
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Monument Pictures, Embassy Films Associates, Embassy Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Cusack as Walter "Gib" Gibson
- Daphne Zuniga as Alison Bradbury
- Anthony Edwards as Lance
- Boyd Gaines as Jason
- Tim Robbins as Gary Cooper
- Lisa Jane Persky as Mary Ann Webster
- Viveca Lindfors as Professor Taub
- Nicollette Sheridan as The Sure Thing
- Marcia Christie as Julie
- Robert Anthony Marcucci as Bobby
- Sarah Buxton as Sharon
- Lorrie Lightle as Lucy
Crew
- Rob Reiner - Director
- Steve Bloom - Writer
- Jonathan Roberts - Writer
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