“Their lawless years are behind them. Their child-rearing years lay ahead...”
Raising Arizona
7.1
2,354 votes·1987
·1h 34m
·MovieComedyCrime
Overview
When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.
Commercial Verdict
Blockbuster
Revenue vs Budget4.9x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Massive commercial success
Keywords
babyrobberysupermarketpregnancyarizonasatirefamily relationshipsabsurdamusedmelodramatic
Cast
Nicolas Cage
H.I.
Holly Hunter
Ed
Trey Wilson
Nathan Arizona, Sr.
John Goodman
Gale
William Forsythe
Evelle
Sam McMurray
Glen
Frances McDormand
Dot
Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Leonard Smalls
T.J. Kuhn
Nathan Junior
Lynne 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
Ear-Bending Cellmate
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