Reaching for the Sun

Reaching for the Sun

1941•1h 30m•6.0/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(2)

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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Production

Paramount Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

Russ Eliot

Ellen Drew

Ellen Drew

Rita

Eddie Bracken

Eddie Bracken

Benny Hogan

Albert Dekker

Albert Dekker

Herman

Billy Gilbert

Billy Gilbert

Amos

George Chandler

George Chandler

Jerry

Bodil Rosing

Bodil Rosing

Rita's Mother

James Burke

James Burke

Norm

Nella Walker

Nella Walker

Nurse

Eily Malyon

Eily Malyon

Landlady

Hobart Cavanaugh

Hobart Cavanaugh

Front Office Man

Regis Toomey

Regis Toomey

Intern

Charles D. Brown

Charles D. Brown

Johnson

Michael Duggan

Little Benny Eliot

Warren Hymer

Warren Hymer

Percy Shelley

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