"When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal."
Kevin Bacon
as Ren
Lori Singer
as Ariel
John Lithgow
as Rev. Shaw Moore
Dianne Wiest
as Vi Moore
Chris Penn
as Willard
Sarah Jessica Parker
as Rusty
John Laughlin
as Woody
Elizabeth Gorcey
as Wendy Jo
Frances Lee McCain
as Ethel McCormack
Jim Youngs
as Chuck
Douglas Dirkson
as Burlington Cranston
Lynne Marta
as Lulu
Arthur Rosenberg
as Wes
Timothy Scott
as Andy Beamis
Alan Haufrect
as Roger Dunbar
Linda MacEwen
as Eleanor Dunbar
Kim Jensen
as Edna
Michael Telmont
as Travis
Leo Geter
as Rich
Ken Kemp
as Jeff
Russ McGinn
as Herb
Sam Dalton
as Mr. Gurntz
H.E.D. Redford
as Widdoes
Jay Bernard
as Harvey
David Valenza
as Team Member
Meghan Broadhead
as Sarah
Mimi Broadhead
as Amy
Gene Pack
as Bernie
Marcia Dangerfield
as Virginia
John Perryman
as Fat Cowboy
Mary Ethel Gregory
as Mrs. Allyson
Oscar Rowland
as Mr. Walsh
J. Paul Broadhead
as Mayor Dooley
John Bishop
as Elvis
Carmen Trevino
as Girl
Melissa Renee Graehl
Monica M. Da Silva
Terri Gay Ulmer
Peter Tramm
as Stunt Dancer
Brandyn Cross
as Party Kid (uncredited)
Kevin Denson
as Dancer (uncredited)
Michael Flynn
as Policeman (uncredited)
Deborah Frazier
Andrea Hays
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Michele Laurita
Brian L. McCarty
as Nerdy DJ (uncredited)
Alison Trouse
as Cowgirl Bar Dancer (uncredited)
Brian Wimmer
as Extra (uncredited)
Herbert Ross
Director
Dean Pitchford
Screenplay
Lewis J. Rachmil
Producer
Craig Zadan
Ric Waite
Director of Photography
Paul Hirsch
Editor
Ron Hobbs
Production Design
Jane Feinberg
Casting
Marci Liroff
Mike Fenton
Mary Swanson
Set Decoration
Gloria Gresham
Costume Design
Margery Simkin
Esther Vivante
Script Supervisor
Becky Mancuso-Winding
Music Supervisor
Lynne Taylor-Corbett
Choreographer
Daniel Melnick
Executive Producer
Murray Schwartz
Unit Production Manager
L. Andrew Stone
First Assistant Director
Robert Engelman
Second Assistant Director
C.J. Maguire
Property Master
Eric D. Andersen
Camera Operator
Richard Walden
Baird Steptoe
First Assistant Camera
Mako Koiwai
Second Assistant Camera
Richard R. Robinson
Still Photographer
Donald E. Thorin Jr.
Donald Hauer
Additional Second Assistant Director
Max Kleven
Stunt Coordinator
David Handman
Assistant Editor
Peck Prior
Gordon Ecker
Supervising Sound Editor
Robert Bradshaw
Sound Effects Editor
Randy Kelley
Bob Newlan
Wylie Stateman
Jim Henrikson
Music Editor
Nancy Fogarty
Stan Gilbert
Supervising ADR Editor
Al Overton Jr.
Sound Mixer
David E. Campbell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John T. Reitz
Gregg Rudloff
Daniel C. Striepeke
Makeup Artist
Barbara Lampson
Hairstylist
Carl Boles
Gaffer
Harold Rabuse
Key Grip
Frawley Becker
Location Manager
Spencer Henderson
Associate Choreographer
Wayne Beauchamp
Special Effects
Sam Edelman
Transportation Coordinator
David W. Gray
Dolby Consultant
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Wayne Brown
Stunts
Robert Allen
J. Suzanne Fish
Donna Garrett
Norman Howell
Clair E. Leucart
Daniel K. Moore
Carol Rees
John-Clay Scott
Kenny Loggins
Songs