# Across the Tracks

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{{Short description|1991 film by Sandy Tung}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Across the Tracks
| image          = Across the Tracks.jpg
| caption        =
| director       = [Sandy Tung](/source/Sandy_Tung)
| producer       = Francesca Bill<br>Nancy Paloian<br>[Dale Rosenbloom](/source/Chip_Rosenbloom)<br>Robert A. Schacht
| writer         = [Sandy Tung](/source/Sandy_Tung)
| narrator       =
| starring       = [Rick Schroder](/source/Rick_Schroder)<br>[Brad Pitt](/source/Brad_Pitt)<br>[Carrie Snodgress](/source/Carrie_Snodgress)
| music          = [Joel Goldsmith](/source/Joel_Goldsmith)
| cinematography = Michael Delahoussaye
| editing        = Farrel Levy
| studio         = Desert Productions<br>Rosenbloom Entertainment<br>Tung Films
| distributor    = Academy Entertainment
| released       = {{Film date|1991|02|15}}
| runtime        = 100 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         =
| gross          =
}}
'''''Across the Tracks''''' is a 1991 American [drama film](/source/drama_film) about [track and field](/source/track_and_field) directed and written by [Sandy Tung](/source/Sandy_Tung). It stars [Rick Schroder](/source/Rick_Schroder), [Brad Pitt](/source/Brad_Pitt), [Carrie Snodgress](/source/Carrie_Snodgress), and David Anthony Marshall.

== Plot ==
Joe Maloney (Brad Pitt) is a straight A student vying for an athletic scholarship to [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University). He lives with his mother (Carrie Snodgress) in a trailer park in Gardena, CA. His well laid plans for the future are thrown into turmoil when his troubled younger brother Billy (Rick Schroder) is released from a juvenile detention facility following his arrest for stealing a car and comes to live with them back home.

==Cast==
* [Rick Schroder](/source/Rick_Schroder) as Billy Maloney
* [Brad Pitt](/source/Brad_Pitt) as Joe Maloney
* [Carrie Snodgress](/source/Carrie_Snodgress) as Rosemary Maloney
* David Anthony Marshall as Louie
* [Thomas Mikal Ford](/source/Thomas_Mikal_Ford) as Coach Walsh
* Annie Dylan as Linda
* [Jack McGee](/source/Jack_McGee_(actor)) as Frank
* [Jaime P. Gomez](/source/Jaime_P._Gomez) as Bobby

==See also==
* [List of films about the sport of athletics](/source/List_of_films_about_the_sport_of_athletics)

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0101268|title=Across the Tracks}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|across_the_tracks}}

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Category:1991 films
Category:1991 drama films
Category:1991 independent films
Category:American drama films
Category:American independent films
Category:American track and field films
Category:1991 English-language films
Category:Films scored by Joel Goldsmith
Category:Films shot in Los Angeles
Category:1991 American films
Category:English-language drama films
Category:English-language independent films

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