Moscow on the Hudson poster

Movie · 1984

Moscow on the Hudson

Released 6 April 1984 More from 1984 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician.

FR·01

How old were they?

Oldest first
Eyde Byrde
as Lionel's Mother
55
Alejandro Rey
as Orlando Ramirez
54
Michael Greene
as Texan
50
Cleavant Derricks
as Lionel Witherspoon
30
Oleg Rudnik
as Yuri
Unknown
FR·02

The numbers

Computed from the cast above
25years between the oldest and youngest billed
55Eyde Byrde — oldest on the call sheet
30Cleavant Derricks — youngest billed
47average age of the credited cast
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