Criminal Herbert I. "Hi" McDunnough (Nicolas Cage) and policewoman Edwina "Ed" (Holly Hunter) meet after she takes the mugshots of the recidivist. With continued visits, Hi learns that Ed's fiancé has left her. Hi proposes to her after his latest release from prison, and the two get married. They move into a desert mobile home, and Hi gets a job in a machine shop. They want to have children, but Ed discovers that she is infertile, and find they are unable to adopt due to Hi's criminal record. The couple learns of the "Arizona Quints," sons of locally famous furniture magnate Nathan Arizona (Trey Wilson); Hi and Ed kidnap one of the five babies, whom they believe to be Nathan Junior.

• Frances McDormand
• John Goodman
• Nicolas Cage
• William Forsythe
• Holly Hunter
• Sam McMurray
• Randall "Tex" Cobb
• Trey Wilson
• Randall 'Tex' Cobb
• T.J. Kuhn
• Lynne Kitei

Genres:

Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Road Movie, Action

Release date:

1987-03-06

External links:

Raising Arizona at IMDB Raising Arizona at Wikipedia