Overview

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.

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Cast

Dustin Hoffman

Raymond Babbitt

Tom Cruise

Charlie Babbitt

Valeria Golino

Susanna

Gerald R. Molen

Dr. Bruner

Jack Murdock

John Mooney

Michael D. Roberts

Vern

Ralph Seymour

Lenny

Lucinda Jenney

Iris

Bonnie Hunt

Sally Dibbs

Kim Robillard

Small Town Doctor

Beth Grant

Mother at Farm House

Ralph Tabakin

Shift Boss