Main Cast: Charles Grodin, Mary Steenburgen, Kieran Culkin, Christian Culkin, Al Mancini
Release Year: 1994
Country: US
Run Time: 85 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
My Summer Story is the video title for It Runs in the Family. Based on the writings of humorist/raconteur Jean Shepherd, the film was the long-awaited sequel to the 1984 "sleeper" A Christmas Story. Set in the 1940s, the story is told from the point-of-view of Ralphie Parker (Kieran Culkin), who watches in bemusement as "The Old Man" (Charles Grodin) carries on a long-running feud with their hillbilly neighbors, the Bumpus family. Mary Steenburgen is cast as Ralphie's ditsy mom. Also appearing is yet another celebrity sibling, Christian Culkin. Jean Shepherd himself narrates, as he did in the earlier film, while the direction is in the hands of A Christmas Story's Bob Clark. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Troy Evans - Gertz; Roy Brocksmith - Assessor; Bernard Canepari - Neighbor #1; Frank Collison - Floyd Bumpus; Robert Dickman - Clovis Bumpus; Wayne Grace - Emil Bumpus; Whitby Hertford - Lug Ditka; Ida Lee - Grandma Bumpus; T.J. McInturff - Grover Dill; Tedde Moore - Miss Shields; Michael Mott - Fisherman; Dick O'Neill - Pulaski; Jack Ong - Mr. Won Lung; William Preston - Grandpa Bumpus; Antonia Rey - Gypsy Woman; Glenn Shadix - Leopold Doppler; Darwyn Swalve - Big Dickie Bumpus; Scott Thomson - Delbert Bumpus; John Voldstad - Ace Bumpus; Jean Shepherd - Narrator; Ken West - Neighbor #3; Chris Owen - Scott Farkus
Credit
Marci Liroff - Casting, Betty Pecha Madden - Costume Designer, Bob Clark - Director, Stan Cole - Editor, Paul Zaza - Composer (Music Score), John Myhre - Production Designer, Harry Pottle - Production Designer, Stephen M. Katz - Cinematographer, Rene Dupont - Producer, Bob Clark - Screenwriter, Jean Shepherd - Screenwriter, Leigh Brown - Screenwriter, Jean Shepherd - Book Author
It Runs in the Family (play), a play by Ray Cooney
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