Raising Arizona (1987) - film review
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Mystery

Summary
Raising Arizona is an American action film first released in 1987,
directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.
The film stars Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman and William Forsythe.
Our overall rating for this film is: very good.
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Credits
- Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- Script: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- Photo: Barry Sonnenfeld
- Music: Carter Burwell
- Cast: Nicolas Cage (H.I. McDunnough), Holly Hunter (Edwina ’Ed’ McDunnough), Trey Wilson (Nathan Arizona), John Goodman (Gale Snoats), William Forsythe (Evelle Snoats), Sam McMurray (Glen), Frances McDormand (Dot), Randall ’Tex’ Cobb (Leonard Smalls), T.J. Kuhn (Nathan Arizona Jr.), Lynne Dumin Kitei (Florence Arizona), Peter Benedek (Prison Counselor), Charles ’Lew’ Smith (Nice Old Grocery Man), Warren Keith (Younger FBI Agent), Henry Kendrick (Older FBI Agent), Sidney Dawson (Moses, Ear-Bending Cellmate), Richard Blake (Parole Board Chairman), Troy Nabors (Parole Board Member), Mary Seibel (Parole Board Member), John O’Donnal (Hayseed in Pickup), Keith Jandacek (Whitey), Warren Forsythe (Minister), Ruben Young (’Trapped’ Convict), Dennis Sullivan (Policeman in Arizona House), Richard Alexander (Policeman in Arizona House), Rusty Lee (Feisty Hayseed), James Yeater (Fingerprint Technician), Bill Andres (Reporter), Carver Barns (Reporter), Margaret H. McCormack (Unpainted Arizona Secretary), Bill Rocz (Newscaster), Mary F. Glenn (Payroll Cashier), Jeremy Babendure (Scamp with Squirt Gun), Bill Dobbins (Adoption Agent), Ralph Norton (Gynecologist), Henry Tank (Mopping Convict), Frank Outlaw (Supermarket Manager), Todd Michael Bodgers (Varsity Nathan, Jr.), M. Emmet Walsh (Machine Shop Ear-Bender), Robert Gray (Glen and Dot’s Kid), Katie Thrasher (Glen and Dot’s Kid), Derek Russell (Glen and Dot’s Kid), Nicole Russell (Glen and Dot’s Kid), Zachary Sanders (Glen and Dot’s Kid), Noell Sanders (Glen and Dot’s Kid), Cody Ranger (Arizona Quint), Jeremy Arendt (Arizona Quint), Ashley Hammon (Arizona Quint), Crystal Hiller (Arizona Quint), Olivia Hughes (Arizona Quint), Emily Malin (Arizona Quint), Melanie Malin (Arizona Quint), Craig McLaughlin (Arizona Quint), Adam Savageau (Arizona Quint), Benjamin Savageau (Arizona Quint), David Schneider (Arizona Quint), Michael Stewart (Arizona Quint), William Preston Robertson (Amazing Voice), Ron Francis Cobert (Reporter #1)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 94 min
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