The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters (1982)
58m
Running Time
March 16, 1982Release Date
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters (1982)
58m
Running Time
March 16, 1982Release Date
Plot.
An adult Ralphie Parker narrates several humorous stories about his teen years in an Indiana steel town.
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Cast & Crew.

Matt Dillon
Ralph

James Broderick
Dad

Barbara Bolton
Mom

Babe Sargent
Ludlow Kissel

Jeff Yonis
Schwartz

William Lampley
Flick

Lisa Jacobsen
Pamela

Jay Ine
Randy

Jean Shepherd
Narrator / Adult Ralph (voice) / Writer / Novel

John Blood
John

Christopher Childs
Mailman

Arnie Cox
Ace

Frank Dolan
Mr. Dirks

Ruth Edinburg
Mother at Picnic

Dana Hardwick
Ledbetter

Andrea McCullough
Clara Mae

Paul McMaster
Hot Dog Man

Mike Moore
Wilbur Duckworth

Jodi Purdy-Quinlan
Screaming Girl

William R. Riker
Uncle Carl

William J. Sahlein
Zudoc

Brian Smiar
Gus

Harriet Wilson
Mrs. Kissel

Richard Bartlett
Director

Fred Barzyk
Executive Producer

Olivia Tappan
Producer

Peter Hoving
Director of Photography

Dick Bartlett
Editor

Jeanne Jordan
Editor

Carl Keator
Art Direction

Linda Skipper
Art Direction

Alix Martin
Set Decoration

Oleska
Costume Design

Jean Teuteberg
Costume Design

Margaret Yule
Costume Design

Barbe Ennis
Makeup Artist

Robert Riccio
Hairstylist

Eric Taylor
Sound

John Mullaley
Stunts
Media.

Details.
This Movie Is About.
independence day
small town
indiana
nostalgia
based on memoir or autobiography
fourth of july
1930s
Wiki.
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters is an American made-for-television family-comedy film, directed by Richard Bartlett, with a script written by Jean Shepherd. Produced by Olvia Tappan, the film is the second installment in the Ralph Parker franchise. Based on Shepherd's book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash and similar to all the other Parker Family films, the film depicts fictionalized events from his real-life childhood.
Released exclusively as it aired on American Playhouse, season one, episode ten, the film was met with moderately positive critical reception. In the years since, the film has been labeled as a 4th of July holiday movie classic film.
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