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Raising Arizona (1987)

PG-1303/13/1987Comedy, Crime1h 34m
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Their lawless years are behind them. Their child-rearing years lay ahead...

Overview

When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Nicolas Cage

    H.I.

  2. Cast 1

    Holly Hunter

    Ed

  3. Cast 1

    Trey Wilson

    Nathan Arizona, Sr.

  4. Cast 1

    John Goodman

    Gale

  5. Cast 1

    William Forsythe

    Evelle

  6. Cast 1

    Sam McMurray

    Glen

  7. Cast 1

    Frances McDormand

    Dot

  8. Cast 1

    Randall "Tex" Cobb

    Leonard Smalls

  9. T.J. Kuhn

    Nathan Junior

"H.I" (Nicolas Cage) is an habitual petty criminal who gradually falls in love with the police officer "Ed" (Holly Hunter) who has to take his mug shots every time he is apprehended. Finally determined to go straight, they marry and he takes a mundane job in a metal works. It's all going swimmingly, but try as they might they cannot conceive. This affects "Ed" badly, she loses her job and her motivation and they are soon in a rut. Serendipity takes a hand though, one night, when news of the local furniture kingpin "Nathan Arizona" and his wife having quintuplets after IVF is announced. They th...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$6,000,000.00

Revenue $29,180,280.00

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