Just Like America (1988)

Plot Summary

Frigyes, shortly after immigrating to New York City from Hungary, leaves his family for the pleasures and gratifications of being a street bum. But as time goes by, the appeal of this lifestyle wanes. A series of adventures with other drifters reaches a dramatic conclusion when some thugs murder one of them. This startling event forces Frigyes to come to terms with his current situation and decide whether to return to the family he abandoned.

Full Cast & Characters

Andor Lukáts

Frigyes Tölgyesi

Trula Hoosier

Jude

Stafford Ashani

David

Erika Bodnár

Mrs. Tölgyesi

Ádám Szirtes

Tölgyesi's father-in-law

György Cserhalmi

Tölgyesi's brother-in-law

Steven Marcus

Joe Horatio

Director & Crew

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