Reaching for the Sun Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line. Details Casts Galleries Posters Title Reaching for the Sun Release Date 1941-05-01 Runtime 01 Hours 30 Minutes Genres Comedy Drama Production Companies Paramount Pictures Production Countries United States of America Joel McCrea... Russ Eliot... Ellen Drew... Rita... Eddie Bracken... Benny Hogan... Albert Dekker... Herman... Billy Gilbert... Amos... George Chandler... Jerry... Bodil Rosing... Rita's Mother... James Burke... Norm... Nella Walker... Nurse... Eily Malyon... Landlady... Hobart Cavanaugh... Front Office Man... Regis Toomey... Intern... Charles D. Brown... Johnson... Michael Duggan... Little Benny Eliot... Warren Hymer... Percy Shelley... Original Size (1961x1103) Original Size (1892x2837) Original Size (920x1280)