Breaking away

A comedy that tells the tale of four Indiana high-school graduates looking for a future in their small midwestern college town. Rivalry develops between them and the city's arrogant college students that culminates in an exciting bicycle race, the University's Little 500. (Does not circulate)

Dave, Mike, Cyril, and Moocher are working-class friends living in Bloomington, Indiana. They sometimes clash with the more affluent Indiana University students in their hometown. They habitually refer to them as "cutters", a derogatory term for locals related to the local Indiana Limestone industry. Dave develops a crush on a university student named Katherine and masquerades as an Italian exchange student in order to romance her.

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Cast
Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Paul Dooley, Barbara Barrie
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A comedy that tells the tale of four Indiana high-school graduates looking for a future in their small midwestern college town. Rivalry develops between them and the city's arrogant college students that culminates in an exciting bicycle race, the University's Little 500. (Does not circulate)
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  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q731082 ↗ — country