Light of Day

Feb 6, 1987

1h 47m

★ 5.5

When your family is closing you in, music may be the only way out.

Overview

Cleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.

Genres

Music

Drama

Production Companies

HBO

Keith Barish Productions

TAFT Entertainment Pictures

Light of Day Trailers

Cast

Joe Rasnick

Michael J. Fox

Janette Rasnick

Gena Rowlands

Patti Rasnick

Joan Jett

Bu Montgomery

Michael McKean

Smittie

Thomas G. Waites

Cindy Montgomery

Cherry Jones

Gene Bodine

Michael Dolan

Billy Tettore

Paul J. Harkins

Benji Rasnick

Billy L. Sullivan

Benjamin Rasnick

Jason Miller

Reverend Ansley

Tom Irwin

Sean

Jerry Gideon

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is supposed to be a British lady and wants to come back to the States. Lucy, or Luce as Salvatore calls her, for unknown reasons wants to marry someone before to arrive to Ellis Island in New York. Salvatore accepts the proposal. Once they arrive in Ellis Island they spend the quarantine period trying to pass the examinations to be admitted to the States. Tests are not so simple for poor farmers coming from Sicily. Their destiny is in the hands of the custom officers.

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