Main Cast: Patrick Swayze, Halle Berry, Sabrina Lloyd, Brian Bonsall, Michael Ironside
Release Year: 1993
Country: US
Run Time: 94 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
Deadbeat dads be damned. Patrick Swayze plays a con man who tries to live up to the ideals of "family values" by kidnapping his son and daughter from the evil clutches of a corrupt orphanage and taking them on a cross-country trip in his vintage convertible. To complicate matters, his daughter has been sexually molested by the head of the orphanage, who fears that she may prosecute if given the opportunity. This family drama is also a zany road movie as the re-united father and children flee the police on a quest to restore their family. ~ Laura Abraham, All Movie Guide
Diane Ladd - Rita; Bob Gunton - Lazzaro; Adrienne Barbeau - Celeste; William Bumiller - Travis; Cathy Celario - Dealer; Gregory Cooke - 1st Drug Dealer; Michael de Lano - Pit Boss; Eric Glenn - Young Cop; Georgann Johnson - Judge; Vanessa Marquez - Delores; Marvin J. McIntyre - Skinny Guy; Steve Picerni - Swat Leader; David Pressman - Gambler #1; Charles Tamburro - 1st Helicopter Pilot; Michael Tamburro - 2nd Helicopter Pilot; Rick Zumwalt - Burly Guy; Gary Epper - Trucker; Kane Hodder; John Manca - Detective #2; Michael Moody - Driver; Allison Cowitt; Mike Fenton; Josh Lucas - Andy; Charlie Picerni - Body Guard #1
Credit
Dins Danielsen - Art Director, Donfeld - Costume Designer, Darrell James Roodt - Director, David Heitner - Editor, Patrick O'Hearn - Composer (Music Score), David Barkham - Production Designer, Mark Vicente - Cinematographer, Jeffrey Chernov - Producer, Nicholas Pileggi - Producer, Anant Singh - Producer, Richard H. Prince - Producer, Gillian Gorfil - Producer, Suzette Sheets - Set Designer, John Cade - Stunts, Paul Picerni - Stunts, Steve Picerni - Stunts, Kane Hodder - Stunts, Gary McLarty - Stunts, Chuck Picerni, Jr. - Stunts, Ron Rondell - Stunts, David Lea - Stunts, Kenny Bates - Stunts, Debbie Evans - Stunts, David Burton - Stunts, Charlie Picerni - Stunts, David Edward Garber - Stunts, Charlie Picerni - Stunts Coordinator, Russell J. Spencer - Screenwriter
The kids of small-time crook Jack Charles (Patrick Swayze) are put in a corrupt state-run home when their mother dies. Jack's teenage daughter Kelly (Sabrina Lloyd) escapes the abusive home where she lives, and convinces Jack to pick up her younger brother Eddie (Brian Bonsall) too. At first Jack tries to dump them with their grandmother, but she's a gambler and a cheat so the cops are after her, too. He then takes the kids to New Orleans with him, where he plans to pull off a big heist that could set him up for life.
