Running on Empty

They chose their lives. Now their son must choose his.

The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind.

Christine Lahti

Annie Pope

Judd Hirsch

Arthur Pope

River Phoenix

Danny Pope / Michael Manfield

Martha Plimpton

Lorna Phillips

Jonas Abry

Harry Pope / Stephen Manfield

Ed Crowley

Mr. Phillips

L.M. Kit Carson

Gus Winant

Steven Hill

Donald Patterson

Augusta Dabney

Abigail Patterson

Alice Drummond

Mrs. Powell

Marcia Jean Kurtz

School Clerk

David Margulies

Dr. Jonah Reiff

Lynne Thigpen

Contact at Eldridge St.

Sloane Shelton

Mrs. Phillips

Justine Johnston

Librarian

Herb Lovelle

Hospital Clerk

Bobo Lewis

Home Ec Teacher

Ronnie Gilbert

Mrs. Taylor