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The Dream Catcher

The Dream Catcher

★ 5.4/10•1999•1h 39m•Drama

An abandoned teen jumps a freight train in Philadelphia intent on reaching his uncle in Indiana, whom he believes will help him with financial difficulties including a pregnant girlfriend. In Ohio, he meets another homeless teen, who escorts him to his uncle. Finding his uncle equally broke, the duo head on to Oklahoma City to try to find the first teen's long-gone ex-con father. A confrontation between father and son send the duo on into exploits in the west including getting beaten up, busting into an Indian reservation church, and hitch-hiking with a beautiful nurse.

Ed Radtke · Screenplay

M.S. Nieson · Screenplay

Ed Radtke · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 39m
LanguageEN
Release DateAug 8, 1999

Actors

Maurice Compte

Maurice Compte

Freddy

Paddy Connor

Albert

Jeanne Heaton

Jeanne Heaton

Katherine

Patrick Shining Elk

Caretaker

Larry John Meyers

Larry John Meyers

Freddy's Uncle

David Reece

Deer Hunter

Joseph Arthur

Joseph Arthur

Freddy's Father

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