Themes: Looking For Love, Age Disparity Romance, Mischievous Children
Main Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Beverly D'Angelo, Talia Balsam, Michael Constantine, Betty Jinnette
Release Year: 1987
Country: US
Run Time: 98 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
This romantic comedy is based on a true story that happened in California in 1944. Sonny Wisecarver (Patrick Dempsey) is 15 year old who has an affair with his older neighbor Judy (Talia Balsam). The two run off and get married, but a stern judge has the union annulled. Sonny is hauled before the same judge when he gets involved with another older woman (Beverly D'Angelo), and the publicity makes him the object of affection for millions of young women who believe Sonny has something special. Michael Constantine and Betty Jinnett play Sonny's concerned parents. Carl Reiner is the uncredited narrator, and the real-life Elliott "Sonny" Wisecarver has a cameo appearance as a mailman. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
Kathleen Freeman - Mrs. Marver, The Landlady; Ana Helena Berenguer - Maria, The Tuna Lady; Tom Breznahan - Gary; Ernie Brown - Chief Papa Bear Kelsey; Joshua Cadman - Tony; Terry Camilleri - Judy's Lawyer; Jared Chandler - Western Union Messenger; Guy Christopher - LA Reporter; Michael Darrell - Bailiff; Neil Elliot - Arresting Cop; Lisanne Falk - Jamie; Edith Fellows - Mrs. Long, Judy's Mother; Lee Garlington - Schlitz Waitress; Rocky Giordani - Tough Inmate, Los Angeles; Wayne Grace - Bus Driver; S.A. Griffin - Cpl. Howard Glatt, USMC; Peter Hobbs - The Judge; Charlie Holliday - Reporter; Joycee Katz - Rosie the Riveter; Kazan the Dog - Sonny's Dog; Tony Longo - Carlo, Judy's Husband; Brian McNamara - George; Bess Meyer - Teenage Girl (Slapper); Jordan Myers - Desk Sergeant; Kim Myers - Wendy, The Usherette; Ted Noose - Denver Reporter; Carl Parker - Bus Ticket Agent; Sarah Partridge - Winking Nurse; Max Perlich - Teenage Boy (Slapee); Sheila Rogers - Mrs. Mama Bear Kelsey; Janet Rotblatt - Angry Neighbor, Willowbrook; Douglas Rowe - Uncle Clete; Tommy Ryan - Nes Photographer, Denver; Armin Shimerman - Priest; Dana Short - Alberta; Putter Smith - Minister; Darwyn Swalve - Huge Inmate, Los Angeles; Kitty Swink - Sponge Bath Nurse; Tom Tarpey - Front Yard Reporter; Jay Varela - her Husbad, The Tuna Foreman; Ellsworth "Sonny" Wisecarver - Mailman in Newsreel; Nan Woods - Madeline; John Zarchen - LA Courtroom Heckler; Bert Convy - Newspaper Editor; Bob Gould - Detective Glore; Carl Reiner - Narrator; Jeffrey Alan Chandler - Hotel Clerk; Tom Ashworth - Man on Train; Michael Bandoni - Rooming House Boarder; Laura Bastianelli - Judy's Cellmates, Denver; Niles Brewster - Principal; Thomas Albert Clay - Five-Fingered Surgeon; Marilyn Cohen - Yenta; Harvey J. Goldenberg - Marriage License Clerk; Gillian Grant - Karen; Crane Jackson - Front Yard Reporter; Paul Keith - Reporter; Tom Maier - Judge; Burr Middleton - FBI Agent Harrow; Nitche Vo Miller - Judy's Cellmates, Denver; Tony Monaco - LA District Attorney; Rocky Parker - Woman on Train; Tom Patten - Marine With Stars And Stripes Newspaper; Randy Peters - Serviceman; Valerie Reynolds - Policewoman; Andrew Roperto - Switchblade Kid; Rick Salassi - News Photographer, Denver; David Schermerhorn - LA Courtroom Heckler; Rabbit: Steve - Himself; Steve Whittaker - Three-Fingered Surgeon; Mae Williams - Angry Neighbor, Willowbrook; Barbnara Wint - School Nurse; Lenore Woodward - Justice of the Peace; Cletus Young - Sonny's Guard; W.T. Zacha - Jail Guard; Walter G. Zeri - Sony's Cellmate, Denver; Charles Stevenson - Telegraph Clerk
Credit
Dins Danielsen - Art Director, Miguel M. Delgado - Choreography, Linda Burns - Costume Designer, Linda M. Bass - Costume Designer, Phil Alden Robinson - Director, Patrick Kennedy - Editor, Ralph Burns - Composer (Music Score), Ralph Burns - Musical Direction/Supervision, Joseph Garland - Songwriter, Barry Manilow - Songwriter, Bette Midler - Songwriter, Fleecie Moore - Songwriter, Mitchell Parish - Songwriter, Frank Strayer - Songwriter, Richard Arrington - Makeup, Dina Danielson - Production Designer, Dennis Gassner - Production Designer, John Lindley - Cinematographer, Gary Adelson - Producer, Brian Frankish - Producer, Karen Mack - Producer, Richard Hoover - Set Designer, Robbie Knott - Special Effects, David Simon - Screen Story, Robert Getchell - Screenwriter, Phil Alden Robinson - Screenwriter, Stephen A. Hope - Music Editor, Eubie Blake - Featured Music, Eddie de Lange - Featured Music, Duke Ellington - Featured Music, Johnny Mercer - Featured Music, Irving Mills - Featured Music, Andy Razaf - Featured Music, Bob Kosberg - Short Story Author
