Reaching for the Sun

Name: Reaching for the Sun
Cast: Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Eddie Bracken, Albert Dekker, Billy Gilbert

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Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.

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Cast & Crew

Director: William A. WellmanWriter: W. L. RiverProducer: William LeBaron

Joel McCrea

as Russ Eliot

Ellen Drew

as Rita

Eddie Bracken

as Benny Hogan

Albert Dekker

as Herman

Billy Gilbert

as Amos

George Chandler

as Jerry

Bodil Rosing

as Rita's Mother

James Burke

as Norm

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