Breaking Away
266 reviews
Drama/Comedy
1h 41m
1979
Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys...
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Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends' and parents' annoyance.
- DirectorPeter Yates
- Release24 May 1979
- Genre
- Duration1h 41m
- Budget$2,300,000
- Revenue$20,000,000
- Rate266 reviews
- Productions
20th Century Fox
Cast

Dennis Christopher
Dave Stoller

Dennis Quaid
Mike

Daniel Stern
Cyril

Jackie Earle Haley
Moocher

Barbara Barrie
Evelyn Stoller

Paul Dooley
Ray Stoller

Robyn Douglass
Katherine

Hart Bochner
Rod

Amy Wright
Nancy

Peter Maloney
Doctor

John Ashton
Mike's Brother

P. J. Soles
Suzy

Steve Miner
Student (uncredited)

Tom Ohmer
Fraternity Jock (uncredited)
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