Consumed by grief when his father is felled by a heart attack, 11-year-old Obie (Ricky Busker) runs away from his white, upper-class surroundings. He ends up in a particularly dismal Chicago ghetto neighborhood where, after enduring a beating administered by gang members, he is befriended by ...more
Year: 1987 | Running Time: 95 minutes
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- Ricky Busker - Obie
- Darius McCrary - Jeremy "Scam" Henderson
- Robert Joy - Dickie
- Robert Prosky - Keegan, Pawnbroker
- Jerzy Skolimowski - Doc
- Jim Antonio - Uncle Harry
- Wilbert Bradley - Social Service Man
- Ron Dean - 2nd Policeman
- Ellen Geer - Bar Waitress
- Oscar Jordan - One of the Guys
- Antoine Roshell - Teen #2
- Hutton Cobb - Bible Salesman
- Cedric Young - Ghetto Bartender
- Brynn Thayer - Obie's Mom
- Robert Mandel - Director
- Ivan Reitman - Executive Producer
- Michael J. Gross - Producer
- Ivan Reitman - Producer
- Joe Medjuck - Producer
- Richard Bruno - Costume Designer
- Sheldon Kahn - Editor
- Dennis Virkler - Editor
- William M. Anderson - Editor
- Bruce Broughton - Composer (Music Score)
- George Flemming - Songwriter
- James Hooker - Songwriter
- Steve Winwood - Songwriter
- Richard Penniman - Songwriter











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