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2 October 1987 (USA) morePlot:
Following the death of his father, suburbanite Obie runs away from home and winds up on Chicago's South Side... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
memorable childhood movie moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ricky Busker | ... | Obie |
| Darius McCrary | ... | Scam |
 | Robert Joy | ... | Dickie |
| Robert Prosky | ... | Keegan |
| Jerzy Skolimowski | ... | Doc |
| Paul Winfield | ... | Johnnie Red |
 | Brynn Thayer | ... | Mom |
| Bill Hudson | ... | Dad |
| Jim Antonio | ... | Uncle Harry |
| Andrea Bebel | ... | Alley |
| Hutton Cobb | ... | Bible Salesman (segment "Kid") |
| Joe Seneca | ... | Ferryman |
| Beah Richards | ... | Miss Hanks |
| Olivia Cole | ... | Mrs. Newton |
| Mitch Beasley | ... | Duane Henderson |
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Canada:PG | Spain:T | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12 | Iceland:LFun Stuff
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Scam: So, what's your name?Obie: Obie. Obediah. It's in the bible. What's yours?
Scam: Scam. It's in the bible too.
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Big Shots is one of the movies I always can remember watching as a kid, kids steal car, kids drive the car, kids get in trouble, but it was all in good fun for the late 80's. Big Shots begins with 12 year old Obie (Ricky Busker) as he runs away from his white, upper-class surroundings. He ends up in a particularly dismal Chicago ghetto neighborhood where, after enduring a beating administered by gang members, he is befriended by streetwise black youth Jeremy "Scam" (Darius McCrary, known for Eddie in "Family Matters"). The two become partners in crime, leading to a deadly situation involving a pair professional hit men. Just when it seems things can't get any worse, they do. I always liked this movie, even though I don't think 12 year olds can drive to New Orleans from Chicago, but still pretty entertaining.