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69% Critic Match
Big Wednesday
“A day will come that is like no other... and nothing that happens after will ever be the same.”
6.9 / 10• 1978• 2h 0m•PG• English
DramaComedy
Storyline
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
Cast & Crew

Jan-Michael Vincent
Matt Johnson
Lead
William Katt
Jack Barlow

Gary Busey
Leroy "The Masochist" Smith

Patti D'Arbanville
Sally

Lee Purcell
Peggy Gordon

Sam Melville
"Bear"

Reb Brown
"Enforcer"

Robert Englund
"Fly"
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Milius's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Big Wednesday is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”










