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Feature film — 1999

The Dream Catcher (1999)

5.41h 39mDrama

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.

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A high-signal pick with 18 votes.

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Director: Ed Radtke

On screen

Cast & crew

Maurice Compte as Freddy

Maurice Compte

Freddy

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Paddy Connor

Albert

Jeanne Heaton as Katherine

Jeanne Heaton

Katherine

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Patrick Shining Elk

Caretaker

Larry John Meyers as Freddy's Uncle

Larry John Meyers

Freddy's Uncle

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David Reece

Deer Hunter

Joseph Arthur as Freddy's Father

Joseph Arthur

Freddy's Father

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