Film

Raising Arizona

1987 · 1h 34m · Comedy · Crime

Their lawless years are behind them. Their child-rearing years lay ahead...

IMDb

7.3

Rotten Tomatoes

91%

Metacritic

69

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.

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

Richard Blake

Parole Board Chairman

• Joel CoenDirector · Screenplay
• Ethan CoenProducer · Screenplay
• James JacksExecutive Producer
• Barry SonnenfeldDirector of Photography
• Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
• Michael R. MillerEditor
• Donna IsaacsonCasting
• John S. LyonsCasting
• Sunny SeibelCasting

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Release date

March 13, 1987

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$29,180,280

Genres

Comedy, Crime

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