Reaching for the Sun

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Reaching for the Sun

1941

1h 30m

6.0(2 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.

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15 members

Acting

Joel McCrea

Russ Eliot

Acting

Ellen Drew

Rita

Acting

Eddie Bracken

Benny Hogan

Acting

Albert Dekker

Herman

Acting

Billy Gilbert

Amos

Acting

George Chandler

Jerry

Acting

Bodil Rosing

Rita's Mother

Acting

James Burke

Norm

Acting

Nella Walker

Nurse

Acting

Eily Malyon

Landlady

Acting

Hobart Cavanaugh

Front Office Man

Acting

Regis Toomey

Intern

Acting

Charles D. Brown

Johnson

Acting

Michael Duggan

Little Benny Eliot

No Image

Acting

Warren Hymer

Percy Shelley

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