Reaching for the Sun
1941•1h 30m•7.3/10
ComedyDrama
Ratings
🎬TMDb
7.3/10(3)
Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.
Production
Paramount Pictures
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Available in Your Library
Cast
Joel McCrea
Russ Eliot
Ellen Drew
Rita
Eddie Bracken
Benny Hogan
Albert Dekker
Herman
Billy Gilbert
Amos
George Chandler
Jerry
Bodil Rosing
Rita's Mother
James Burke
Norm
Nella Walker
Nurse
Eily Malyon
Landlady
Hobart Cavanaugh
Front Office Man
Regis Toomey
Intern
Charles D. Brown
Johnson
Michael Duggan
Little Benny Eliot
Warren Hymer
Percy Shelley
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