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American Graffiti
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
1973 · Directed by George Lucas · 112 min · Comedy · Drama · 14 frames
Tagline
Where were you in '62?
Crew
- Written by: George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck
- Cinematography: Jan D'Alquen, Ron Eveslage
- Edited by: Verna Fields, Marcia Lucas
- Produced by: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast
- Richard Dreyfuss as Curt Henderson
- Ron Howard as Steve Bolander
- Paul Le Mat as John Milner
- Charles Martin Smith as Terry 'The Toad' Fields
- Cindy Williams as Laurie Henderson
- Candy Clark as Debbie Dunham
- Mackenzie Phillips as Carol
- Wolfman Jack as XERB Disc Jockey
- Bo Hopkins as Joe Young
- Manuel Padilla Jr. as Carlos
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Lucasfilm Ltd., The Coppola Company, Universal Pictures
- Budget: $777,000
- Box office: $140,000,000
- Themes: farewell, california, rock 'n' roll, robbery, airplane, car race, love at first sight, radio station, radio presenter, radio
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