
Running on Empty
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms.
Release Date: 1988-09-09
Drama
Romance
Crime
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Casts

Christine Lahti
as Annie Pope

River Phoenix
as Danny Pope

Judd Hirsch
as Arthur Pope

Martha Plimpton
as Lorna Phillips

Ed Crowley
as Mr. Phillips

L.M. Kit Carson
as Gus Winant

Steven Hill
as Donald Patterson

Augusta Dabney
as Abigail Patterson

David Margulies
as Dr. Jonah Reiff

Lynne Thigpen
as Contact at Eldridge St.