Main Cast: Patrick Swayze, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joseph Mazzello, Seth Mumy, David Marshall Grant
Release Year: 1995
Country: US
Run Time: 114 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
In this offbeat comedy set in the 1950s, Patrick Swayze plays Jack McCloud, a drifter and beatnik who enters the conservative suburban life of the Holman family after Jeanne Holman (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) accidentally hits him with her car. Jeanne takes Jack into her home while he recovers from his injuries. McCloud offends the neighbors and friends of the Holmans with his unorthodox behavior, including nude sunbathing and Buddhism. He tells the children, Tom (Joseph Mazzello) and Gunny (Seth Mumy), stories of a genie who has taken the form of a dog. Jeanne and her kids come under his sway as Jack's mystical powers help the kids' Little League team win a big game. Martha Coolidge directed the film from a script by Elizabeth Anderson, based on a short story by Ellen Green. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
Diane Venora - Joyce; Colleen Camp - Neighbour's Wife; John Diehl - Leland's Father; Brian Flannery - Brian; Jay Gerber - Dr. Pavlick; Annabelle Gurwitch - Leland's Mother; Moira Harris - Katherine Holman; Garette Ratliff Henson - Neighbourhood Teenager; Michael Laskin - Sackin's Father; Philip Levien - Tool and Die Coach; Neal McDonough - Policeman; Bill Mumy - Neighbour; Michael O'Keefe - Adult Tom; Scott Patterson - Scott's Father; Brock Pierce - Scott; Jay O. Sanders - Coach Schramka; William G. Schilling - Doctor; Robert Starr - Hank; Vivien Straus - Bystander; Michael Wong - Additional Ball Player; David Hart - Brian's Father; Derek Williams - Additional Ball Player; David Anderson - Additional Ball Player
Credit
Gae S. Buckley - Art Director, Shelley Komarov - Costume Designer, Randall Badger - First Assistant Director, Dennis Michelson - First Assistant Director, Martha Coolidge - Director, Steven Cohen - Editor, Keith Samples - Executive Producer, Cynthia Millar - Composer (Music Score), John M. Elliott, Jr. - Makeup, John Vallone - Production Designer, Johnny E. Jensen - Cinematographer, Bill Neil - Cinematographer, Clifford Green - Producer, Larry Albucher - Producer, Ellen Green - Producer, Gary Lucchesi - Producer, Tom Reta - Set Designer, Phil Tippett - Special Effects, Lee Orloff - Sound/Sound Designer, Elizabeth Anderson - Screenwriter, Roger Schumacher - Animal Trainer/Wrangler, Robert Gould - Set Decorator
When Jane Holman (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) is driving with her two sons, Tom and Gunny, she accidentally runs into a drifter, named Jack McCloud (Patrick Swayze), who breaks his leg. Feeling sorry for him, Jane invites Jack and his dog Betty Jane to stay at her home until his leg has healed. After having some difficulties to adapt to this new lifestyle, Jack soon finds himself loved by the family and they all want him to stay. When he starts teaching baseball to Tom, who misses his father who's missing in the Korean War, the two of them develop a strong bond. Meanwhile Gunny believes that there's more to Jack and Betty Jane than meets the eye, and he's determined to find out.
