stand by me

     

King's story "The Body" was the basis for this 1986 film

Trivia about stand by me

  • This 1986 Rob Reiner film starring River Phoenix & Corey Feldman was narrated by Richard Dreyfuss
  • Brownsville, Oregon was cast as Castle Rock in this 1986 film about 4 boys on a trek for a dead body
  • Song that starts, "When the night has come / and the land is dark / and the moon is the only light we'll see"
  • Thanks to the film of the same name, this Ben E. King song returned to the charts 25 years after its initial run