Across the Tracks

Across the Tracks is a 1991 American drama film about track and field directed and written by Sandy Tung. It stars Rick Schroder, Brad Pitt, Carrie Snodgress, and David Anthony Marshall. Plot Joe Maloney (Brad Pitt) is a straight A student vying for an athletic scholarship to Stanford. He lives with his mother (Carrie Snodgress) in a trailer park in Gardena, CA. His well laid plans for the future are thrown into turmoil when his troubled younger brother Billy (Rick Schroder) is released from Juvenile Detention following his arrest for stealing a car and comes to live with them back home. Cast Rick Schroder as Billy Maloney Brad Pitt as Joe Maloney Carrie Snodgress as Rosemary Maloney David Anthony Marshall as Louie Thomas Mikal Ford as Coach Walsh Annie Dylan as Linda Jack McGee as Frank Jaime P. Gomez as Bobby See also List of films about the sport of athletics