necklace from Alice, a young woman who lives at the house at which Caddie resides. She is caught and confesses the reason she needs the necklace. She ends up borrowing the money from Alice. Sally has the abortion and Henry berates Nicky for not being there for his girlfriend. This causes a brief rift that is mended when each realizes that they need each other in order to handle the difficult transition they are about to make. Henry and Caddie also briefly fall out due to the misunderstanding of her status but reconcile and have an emotional goodbye before he leaves. Ultimately the boys prepare to get on the train taking them away to the war, they wait for it to go by before racing after it and jumping on. Cast Sean Penn as Henry "Hopper" Nash Elizabeth McGovern as Caddie Winger Nicolas Cage as Nicky John Karlen as Mr. Nash Rutanya Alda as Mrs. Nash Max Showalter as Mr. Arthur Bob Maroff as Al Crispin Glover as Gatsby Boy Barbara Howard as Gatsby Girl John Brandon as Mr. Kaiser Eve Brent as Mrs. Kaiser Suzanne Adkinson as Sally Kaiser Shawn Schepps as Gretchen Charles Miller as Arnie Pat Carroll as Mrs. Spangler Al Hopson as Elmer Scott McGinnis as Michael Kate Williamson as Mrs. Winger Michael Madsen as Frank Dana Carvey as "Baby Face" Michael Talbott as Bill Carol Kane as Annie Reception As of July 2018, Racing with the Moon holds a rating of 60% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews. Roger Ebert's 1984 review gave the film a 3.5 star review and lauded Penn's mature and complex performance. Accolades The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: 2002: AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – Nominated References External links 1984 films 1984 comedy films 1984 drama films 1984 comedy-drama films 1980s coming-of-age comedy-drama films 1980s romantic comedy-drama films 1980s teen comedy-drama films 1980s buddy drama films American coming-of-age comedy-drama films American romantic comedy-drama films American teen comedy-drama films Films directed by Richard Benjamin Films scored by Dave Grusin Films set in 1942 Films set in 1943 Films set in California Films set on the home front during World War II Films with screenplays by Steve Kloves Paramount Pictures films Romantic period films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films