September 30, 1955 (1977)
The day it all came apart...
A young Southerner loses his grip on reality when his favorite movie star James Dean suddenly dies in a car crash.
- Date of release
- 1977-08-19
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- James Bridges
Casting
- Richard Thomas — Jimmy J.
- Susan Tyrrell — Melba Lou
- Deborah Benson — Charlotte
- Lisa Blount — Billie Jean
- Tom Hulce — Hanley
- Dennis Quaid — Frank
- Mary Kai Clark — Pat
- Dennis Christopher — Eugene
- Collin Wilcox Paxton — Jimmy J.'s Mother
- Ben Fuhrman — Coach Haynes
- Michael Lovell Farris — Edgar
- Tom Bonner — Radio Announcer (voice)
Interesting facts
September 30, 1955 is a 1977 drama film written and directed by James Bridges and starring Richard Thomas.
Production
Filming was delayed for a year after Richard Thomas broke his ankle in a motorcycle accident. The original cast included some Arkansas-based actors, such as an actor assigned to the part of Eugene, but with the delay in filming the actor had grown out of the part and he was recast with Dennis Christopher.
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