A thrill-a-minute adventure film produced by Steven Spielberg! When brothers Mikey and Brand learn that greedy developers are forcing their family to move, they and their friends decide to have one last, precious adventure together. With the help of a treasure map they've found in the attic, the group, known as the Goonies, go in search of buried gold hoping against hope that if they find it, Mikey and Brand will succeed in keeping their home.
Directed by
Richard Donner
Written by
Steven Spielberg (story); Chris Columbus (screenplay).
Starring
Sean Astin (Mikey Walsh); Josh Brolin (Brand Walsh); Jeff Cohen (Lawrence 'Chunk' Cohen); Corey Feldman (Clark 'Mouth' Devereaux); Kerri Green (Andy Carmichael); Martha Plimpton (Stef Steinbrenner); Jonathan Ke Quan (Richard 'Data' Wang (as Ke Huy Quan)); John Matuszak (Lotney 'Sloth' Fratelli); Robert Davi (Jake Fratelli); Joe Pantoliano (Francis Fratelli); Anne Ramsey (Mama Fratelli); Lupe Ontiveros (Rosalita); Mary Ellen Trainor (Harriet Walsh); Keith Walker (Irving Walsh); Curtis Hanson (Elgin Perkins). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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