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Stand by Me (1986) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Stand by Me is a 1986 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Rob Reiner.Based on Stephen King's 1982 novella The Body, with the title deriving from the song of the same name by Ben E. King, the film is set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Oregon, in 1959, and stars Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell (in his film debut), as four boys who go on a hike to ...
Aug 22, 1986 · IMDb page for the classic coming-of-age movie Stand by Me, based on Stephen King's short story. See the cast, crew, trivia, plot summary, quotes, and user and critic reviews.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Rob Reiner
- 1986-08-22
- Corey Feldman. As a child star, Corey Feldman took Hollywood by storm with his beady eyes and cherubic face. He appeared in countless commercials, landing his first for McDonald’s at the age of three.
- Jerry O’Connell. Who knew that chubby Vern Tessio, who dug like a prairie dog in search of his pot of pennies and loved cherry-flavored Pez in Stand By Me, would turn into a muscular, deep-voiced hunk of a man and marry a model in real life?
- Wil Wheaton. As the doe-eyed storyteller Gordie Lachance in Stand By Me, Wil Wheaton was “the voice” of the film, playing the younger version of Richard Dreyfuss, whom we only get to glimpse in the beginning and the very end of the movie.
- River Phoenix. Even when he played the sensitive-tough-kid Chris Chambers in Stand By Me, River Phoenix’s star quality was clearly evident onscreen. Garnering an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Running on Empty in 1988, Phoenix moved on to playing a young Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Find out who played the four main characters and the supporting roles in the classic coming-of-age film Stand by Me, based on Stephen King's novella. See the full list of cast and crew members, including director Rob Reiner and composer Jack Nitzsche.
A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy in 1959 Oregon. The film stars Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell and Kiefer Sutherland.
A classic coming-of-age film based on Stephen King's short story. Meet the cast of four boys who embark on a memorable adventure in rural Oregon.
