Directed by:
Rob ReinerCinematography:
Robert ElswitComposer:
Tom ScottCast:
John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Anthony Edwards, Boyd Gaines, Tim Robbins, Viveca Lindfors, Nicollette Sheridan, Lisa Jane Persky, Sarah Buxton, John Putch (more)Plots(1)
College freshman Walter "Gib" Gibson (Cusack) has a "sure thing" going a date with a very hot and very sex-craved blonde (Sheridan) across the country in LA. Crossed by fate and the ride-share bulletin board Gib makes the trip with a studious and abrasive coed (Zuniga). But as they mount every obstacle from show tune-singing simpletons and bad weather to leering truck drivers and worse luck, their temperaments change and Gib realizes that the only sure thing is that losing the real thing would be the worst thing of all! (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
![John Cusack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267446_915377.jpg)
John Cusack
USA
Best movies:
Stand by Me (1986)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
![Daphne Zuniga](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269193_54fce7.jpg)
Daphne Zuniga
USA
Best movies:
Gross Anatomy (1989)
Spaceballs (1987)
The Sure Thing (1985)
![Anthony Edwards](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/018/163018378_c35dd4.jpg)
Anthony Edwards
USA
Best movies:
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) - a.f.
Flipped (2010)
Zodiac (2007)
Boyd Gaines
USA
Best movies:
Fame (1980)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Funny Games (2007)
![Tim Robbins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/921/163921450_a7778f.jpg)
Tim Robbins
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Mystic River (2003)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
![Viveca Lindfors](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/523/163523040_01ec52.png)
Viveca Lindfors
Sweden
Best movies:
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987)
Playing for Time (1980) (TV movie)
![Nicollette Sheridan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/451/161451068_7bff24.jpg)
Nicollette Sheridan
UK
Best movies:
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (TV movie)
Noises Off... (1992)
The Sure Thing (1985)
![Lisa Jane Persky](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/532/160532279_1eb7c8.jpg)
Lisa Jane Persky
USA
Best movies:
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
American Pop (1981)
Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
![Sarah Buxton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273721_54c531.jpg)
Sarah Buxton
USA
Best movies:
Little Children (2006)
The Sure Thing (1985)
Less Than Zero (1987)
![John Putch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/579/161579621_485ec6.jpg)
John Putch
USA
Best movies:
City of Angels (1998)
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
The Sure Thing (1985)
![Larry Hankin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/314/166314412_17bd5f.jpg)
Larry Hankin
USA
Best movies:
Home Alone (1990)
American Hot Wax (1978)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
![Steve Pink](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275127_5e6d3d.jpg)
Steve Pink
Best movies:
The Sure Thing (1985)
Bob Roberts (1992)
Touch and Go (1986)
Garry Goodrow
USA
Best movies:
American Hot Wax (1978)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
The Connection (1961)
![Fran Ryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/532/159532463_d5c0dd.jpg)
Fran Ryan
USA
Best movies:
Shoot the Moon (1982)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Richard Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/358/160358418_391362.gif)
Richard Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Men in Black (1997)
Silkwood (1983)
Ironweed (1987)
![Carmen Filpi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/402/160402711_a3fa39.jpg)
Carmen Filpi
Best movies:
Ed Wood (1994)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989) (TV movie)
Robert Bauer
Best movies:
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Sure Thing (1985)
54 (1998)
![Sunshine Parker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/254/161254758_5d9eaa.gif)
Sunshine Parker
USA
Best movies:
Cannery Row (1982)
The Sure Thing (1985)
Tremors (1990)
George Memmoli
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
New York, New York (1977)
Blue Collar (1978)
Christopher Rydell
Best movies:
On Golden Pond (1981)
Mask (1985)
Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)