---
title: 'Four Friends (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Arthur Penn'
released: '1981-12-11'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/four-friends-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082404/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Four Friends (1981)

1981 · 114 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Four Friends is a 1981 American comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Penn. The semi-autobiographical screenplay by Steve Tesich follows the path of the title characters from high school to college during the often turbulent 1960s and beyond. The cast features Craig Wasson, Jodi Thelen, Jim Metzler and Glenne Headly.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Arthur Penn](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-penn)
- **Producer:** [Arthur Penn](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-penn), [Michael Tolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-tolan), [Gene Lasko](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-lasko)
- **Screenplay:** [Steve Tesich](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-tesich)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Elizabeth Swados](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-swados)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ghislain Cloquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/ghislain-cloquet)
- **Editor:** [Barry Malkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-malkin), [Marc Laub](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-laub)

## Cast

- [Reed Birney](https://cinepixo.com/people/reed-birney)
- [Michael Huddleston](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-huddleston)
- [Jodi Thelen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jodi-thelen)
- [David Graf](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-graf)
- [Glenne Headly](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenne-headly)
- [Craig Wasson](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-wasson)
- [Jim Metzler](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-metzler)
- [Lois Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/lois-smith)
- [Mercedes Ruehl](https://cinepixo.com/people/mercedes-ruehl)
- [Natalia Nogulich](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalia-nogulich)
- [James Leo Herlihy](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-leo-herlihy)
- [Elizabeth Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-lawrence)

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