Amazing Grace and Chuck
May 22 1987
•2h 54m
•Drama
Average American boy Chuck Murdock goes on a school outing to a nuclear weapons facility, where he learns about the destructive power that sits at the fingertips of the military. Knowing that the world could end with the push of a button, he protests against nuclear war by walking out on his Little League team during a game. Chuck's stunt ends up in the local paper, and as the story snowballs, basketball star "Amazing Grace" Smith decides to boycott sports, too.
Cast
See allJoshua Zuehlke
Chuck Murdock
Alex English
"Amazing Grace" Smith
Jamie Lee Curtis
Lynn Taylor
William Petersen
Russell
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