“He never bargained for what he found.”
The Mosquito Coast
6.4
532 votes·1986
·1h 59m
·MovieDramaAdventure
Overview
An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.
Commercial Verdict
Disaster
Revenue vs Budget0.6x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Significant financial loss
Keywords
paradisebased on novel or bookidealismexitgovernanceidealisthondurasnatureemigrant
Cast
Harrison Ford
Allie Fox
Helen Mirren
Mother Fox
River Phoenix
Charlie Fox
Jadrien Steele
Jerry Fox
Hilary Gordon
April Fox
Rebecca Gordon
Clover Fox
Jason Alexander
Hardware Clerk
Dick O'Neill
Mr. Polski
Alice Heffernan-Sneed
Mrs. Polski
Tiger Haynes
Mr. Semper
William Newman
Captain Smalls
Andre Gregory
Reverend Spellgood
Conrad Roberts
Mr. Haddy
Martha Plimpton
Emily Spellgood
Michael Rogers
Francis Lungley
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