Breaking Away
Drama
Comedy
The movie that tells you exactly what you can do with your high school diploma!
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.
1979-05-24
en
Cast
Director
Peter Yates
Dennis Christopher as Dave Stoller
Dennis Quaid as Mike
Daniel Stern as Cyril
Jackie Earle Haley as Moocher
Barbara Barrie as Evelyn Stoller
Paul Dooley as Ray Stoller
Robyn Douglass as Katherine
Hart Bochner as Rod
Amy Wright as Nancy
Peter Maloney as Doctor
John Ashton as Mike's Brother
P. J. Soles as Suzy
Steve Miner as Student (uncredited)
Tom Ohmer as Fraternity Jock (uncredited)